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• US Troops Raid Sadr City, Killing 13 - AP
• 13 Said Killed As U.S. Stages Iraq Raid - AP
• 10 killed in clashes with US in Baghdad Shiite bastion – AFP (part of the AP)

What do you get from these three headlines?  

#1 tells me that the US killed 13 in a raid.

#2 tells me the US staged raids and killed 13

#3 tells me there was a battle in a Shiite area of Iraq and 10 were killed and of course its the US’s fault.   Note all three headlines were spewed out by the AP?  (snort)

The story from Reuters (who I don’t trust any further than the AP)

BAGHDAD, Oct 21 (Reuters) – U.S. air strikes killed at least 10 people and wounded 42 early on Sunday in the northeastern Baghdad district of Sadr city, a stronghold for Shi’ite militants, police and hospital sources said.A police source in Sadr city said a 14-year-old boy was among the dead and that the raid at dawn on Sunday left several houses, shops and cars ablaze.

A second police source gave the same toll and said the heavy strikes came after a U.S. vehicle was targeted by a roadside bomb. He said the death toll may rise.

A health ministry source said 10 bodies and 42 wounded had been taken to Imam Ali hospital in Sadr city.

There was no immediate comment from U.S. forces in Iraq.

I know enough to take all headlines from the media with a grain of salt and realize there may be some truth to it, but … I also know that the Main Stream Media slants their news to do as much damage to the military and the Bush administration as they can (who are they going to attack after he leaves office?).

No – I have not been able to comfirm or deny the story as written by the two sources, so I will just keep it in the back of my mind and wonder what the truth really is.

I just know I’ll never get it from the AP or Reuters.

Additional Reading:

• Media Dishonesty in New Orleans