*Ø* Blogmanac | One incident. Forty dead. Two stories. What really happened?
Justin Huggler in Baghdad
Independent.co.uk, 21 May
"A tiny bundle of blankets is unwrapped; inside is the body of a baby, its limbs smeared with dried blood. Then the mourners peel back the blanket further to reveal a second dead baby.
"Another blanket is opened; inside are the bodies of a mother and child. The child, six or seven years old, is lying against his or her mother, as if seeking comfort. But the child has no head ...
"So potentially damaging is the video to the US occupation that American officials have demanded that the Dubai-based al-Arabiya television news network, which obtained the footage, give them the name of the cameraman who took it. Al-Arabiya has refused."
Read the statements by the US military and by the local Iraqi people at The Independent and make up your own mind.
Justin Huggler in Baghdad
Independent.co.uk, 21 May
"A tiny bundle of blankets is unwrapped; inside is the body of a baby, its limbs smeared with dried blood. Then the mourners peel back the blanket further to reveal a second dead baby.
"Another blanket is opened; inside are the bodies of a mother and child. The child, six or seven years old, is lying against his or her mother, as if seeking comfort. But the child has no head ...
"So potentially damaging is the video to the US occupation that American officials have demanded that the Dubai-based al-Arabiya television news network, which obtained the footage, give them the name of the cameraman who took it. Al-Arabiya has refused."
Read the statements by the US military and by the local Iraqi people at The Independent and make up your own mind.
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