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Iraqi 'beaten to death' by US troops

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,9282015,00.html

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An Iraqi has died of his wounds after US troops beat him with truncheons because he refused to remove a picture of wanted Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr from his car, police said today.

The motorist was stopped late yesterday by US troops conducting search operations on a street in the centre of the central city of Kut, Lieutenant Mohamad Abdel Abbas said.

After the man refused to remove Sadr's picture from his car, the soldiers forced him out of the vehicle and started beating him with truncheons, he said.

US troops also detained from the same area five men wearing black pants and shirts, the usual attire of Sadr's Mehdi Army militiamen and followers.

Qassem Hassan, the director of Kut general hospital, identified the man as Salem Hassan, a resident of a Kut suburb.

He said the man had died of wounds sustained in the beating.

A spokesman for the US-led coalition could not confirm the incident.

© The Australian

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I find it odd that this story wouldn't be picked up by any of the major news organizations...

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The Australian is a major news source.

What you meant was, you find it odd that the U.S. news media has chosen to ignore this story.

Such bias in the American press is nothing new -- most editors are frightened little creatures afraid to rock the boat.

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No, what I meant was ANY major news organization.

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We'll get the truth here even if you don't.

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The national Enquirer is a major news source as well. Do we believe everything we read? Or do we look for multiple sources?

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The Australian is a major news source.

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And I'm sure if I linked you to an article praising the US actions in the same paper you would hold it up as gospel. But then, you are incredibly predictable.

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If I see a news story on CNN, I usually see if a similar story is on the BBC. I like to think of it as validation of the story. You have posted a rather blistering article that could have quite an impact on US forces in the region. I sought out more information about it on multiple news organizations and could find nothing. That leads me to believe that either the story is false, or unintentioanlly mis-leading.

I am not denying The Australian is a major news source, I am simply stating that I find it odd that I can not find the story on ANY OTHER NEWS SOURCE.

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Well you certainly won't find it in ANY news organisation in which Rupert Murdoch has his finger. And that adds up to quite a lot in this world.

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I'd settle for Commondreams at this point...

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And when I "Googled" the information, I came up only with the story by "The Australian". Curious.

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How about the video of the executed Italian hostage that even Al-Jazeera wouldn't air for it's bloody content?

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-wohost153758453apr15,0,6748051.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines

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Well give it a day and see what happens.

I don't want to believe it's true, and will give our soldiers the benefit of the doubt until I see it printed in another source as well, but I also live in the real world.

I remember an incident at My Lai. We are not incapable of doing dirt.

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Phoenix32890 wrote:

And when I "Googled" the information, I came up only with the story by "The Australian". Curious.

Doesn't surprise me at all. Information control is a major tactic of fascism.

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Wilso wrote:

Phoenix32890 wrote:
And when I "Googled" the information, I came up only with the story by "The Australian". Curious.

Doesn't surprise me at all. Information control is a major tactic of fascism.