07 May 2003

NY Times Bias Watch

The NY Times claims that the Pentagon has kep the Iraq Reconstruction and Development Council (IRDC) “closely guarded” and “under wraps”. As part of this, the Pentagon has done interviews on the subject with (among many others) 60 Minutes, Al Arabiya and the BBC. But no fact can stand in the way of reporting at the NY Times. [source]
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Oh, Canada!

From the National Post [source, source]:
Canadian soldiers are back in Afghanistan, but this time, they don't have any weapons to help protect them. In Ottawa's rush to put Canadian troops on the ground, 25 elite Canadian soldiers arrived in Afghanistan only to find that they are not allowed to carry guns. What makes the situation particularly embarrassing is that the troops have been assigned German bodyguards to protect them.
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