Officer writes on Western media bias in Iraq

Lieutenant Colonel Tim Ryan, Commander, Task Force 2-12 Cavalry, First Cavalry Division:

I have had my staff aggressively pursue media coverage for all sorts of events that tell the other side of the story only to have them turned down or ignored by the press in Baghdad. Strangely, I found it much easier to lure the Arab media to a “non-lethal” event than the western outlets. Open a renovated school or a youth center and I could always count on Al-Iraqia or even Al-Jazeera to show up, but no western media ever showed up – ever.

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Also more on Operation River Gate to clear Haditha and other central-western Iraqi towns.

Interesting fact: Fallujah now as 8 Iraqi and 3 US battalions.