AP Shows Their True Colors
Associated Press writer Kim Gamel shows her true colors, and the views of the legacy media in this story about the bombing of Iraq’s #1 terrorist–Zarqawi.
First off:
“Seeking to dispel allegations that al-Zarqawi was beaten or shot while in U.S. custody, Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said an autopsy performed Saturday proved the Jordanian-born militant died of “massive internal injuries” that were consistent with a blast caused by the two 500-pound bombs dropped on his hideout.”
Why would any sane human being care if Zarqawi, who routinely sawed people’s heads off, was beaten death or shot. Killing Zarqawi was the goal all along.
Then there is this:
“An Iraqi man identified only as Mohammed, who said he lives near the house where al-Zarqawi and five others were killed, told AP Television News and The Washington Post that he saw U.S. soldiers after the airstrike beating an injured man until blood flowed from his nose. He said the man resembled al-Zarqawi. It was not clear if he mistook first-aid procedures for a beating.”
For those of you who don’t know, a name like Mohammed is as common as John in the U.S.
And here again, Zarqawi, who beat and raped his hostages, set off car bombs killing innocent bystanders and used daily assassinations of Iraqis in an attempt to start a civil war, never gave medical care to the people her injured or maimed.
And what this has to do with the price of sand per ton, I have no idea:
“Caldwell said Iraqi forces were first at the scene. U.S. forces arrived about 28 minutes after the 6:12 p.m. airstrike and a coalition medic began treating al-Zarqawi, who was having difficulty breathing. The terror leader died at 7:04 p.m., Caldwell said.
“A senior Iraqi official said Sunday that U.S. troops may have arrived at the safehouse as much as an hour after the attack — far longer than the 28 minutes Caldwell said it took them to get there.
“Iraqi National Security adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie told CNN the Iraqi police reached the house first. He said coalition forces arrived after “an hour or so.”
Uh, FYI to those of you who are clueless about how the military drops precision munitions.
There were some U.S. Spec. Ops types with eyes on the house before the bomb dropped. Someone had to radio in the grid coordinates, it wasn’t some guy named Mohammed or Abdul.
The U.S. Forces that showed up later were probably from the nearest infantry unit.
For Gamel to even bother writing about who showed up after the house was bombed is absurd.