From CNN:
'Enemies of humanity' quote raises Iraq PR questions
News release quotes from unidentified Iraqis are virtually the same
Sunday, July 24, 2005 Posted: 2113 GMT (0513 HKT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military on Sunday said it was looking into how virtually identical quotations ended up in two of its news releases about different insurgent attacks.
Following a car bombing in Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military issued a statement with a quotation attributed to an unidentified Iraqi that was virtually identical to a quote reacting to an attack on July 13.
After questioning by news media, the military released the statement without the quotation. The term Americans would use, had this been committed by Pravda, is "cover up".
Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, spokesman for the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, said use of the quote was an "administrative error." He said the military was looking into the matter. Administrative error, which of course would mean it wasn't even done by any reporters or any other legitimate source. It's simply a policy Pentagon typists play along with. Pure fabrication.
The car bomb killed 25 people and wounded 33 others near the al-Rashad police station, Baghdad emergency police said. (Full story)
A statement about the attack by Task Force Baghdad 3rd Infantry Division contained a three-sentence quote attributed to an unidentified Iraqi. ShadowWar's feel-good Official US ARMY News stories were attributed to unknowns in the same manner, a ridiculous fact I had pointed out. The statement said the Iraqi called the attackers "enemies of humanity" and vowed to "take the fight to the terrorists."
The quote was virtually the same as a quote contained in a Task Force Baghdad 3rd Infantry Division statement released after a car bombing on July 13. That attack killed several children.
The statement about the July 13 attack quoted an unidentified Iraqi saying terrorists were attacking "the children." In Sunday's quote, an unidentified Iraqi said terrorists were attacking "the ISF" (Iraqi Security Forces).
Following are the two quotes as provided by the U.S. military in news releases:
Sunday's news release said: "'The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the ISF and all of Iraq. They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists,' said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified."
The July 13 news release said: "'The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the children and all of Iraq,' said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified. 'They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists.'"
Unfortunately, Shadow War has been outed as a propagandist, whether by collusion or unwittingly. Either way, his source has been described by myself as rubbish propaganda, and now it has been (again) revealed my insight was correct. And I ask not for any apologies or anything like that. Just for your own personal admission that things are much as I describe them, without news filters ShadowWar employs. Without propaganda he also uses. Just a truth-totaller is all I am. I would greatly appreciate any kind of response to this important thread which outs the lies being placed out there. Of course this begs the question: how much of the official US ARMY NEWSWIRE is pure fabrication, for we all know that relevant fact weighs heavily upon Shadow's news threads. How do we know the picture of the suicide vest wasn't used for some other story? How do we know the story isn't all lies? Why should we believe this story if the other stories are proven fantasy and plaigarism?