Why is this not headline news?
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Why is this not headline news?
Iraqi villagers kill 5 insurgents
By Middle East correspondent Mark Willacy
The residents of a small Iraqi village have killed five insurgents who had attacked them for voting in last weekend's national elections.
Several other insurgents were also wounded.
The insurgents raided the village of al-Mudhiryah south of Baghdad after warning its inhabitants not to vote in the election.
The villagers fought back, killing five of the insurgents and wounding eight others.
The insurgents' cars were then set alight.
Al-Mudhiryah's tribal sheikh says his people are sick of being threatened by Islamic extremists.
By Middle East correspondent Mark Willacy
The residents of a small Iraqi village have killed five insurgents who had attacked them for voting in last weekend's national elections.
Several other insurgents were also wounded.
The insurgents raided the village of al-Mudhiryah south of Baghdad after warning its inhabitants not to vote in the election.
The villagers fought back, killing five of the insurgents and wounding eight others.
The insurgents' cars were then set alight.
Al-Mudhiryah's tribal sheikh says his people are sick of being threatened by Islamic extremists.
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About time they started fighting back! The insurgents will be less likely to attack, and the Iraqi people will start to realize they can take care of themselves, the sooner the better, so our people can get out of there & come home.
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It is kind of funny how all of the liberals call the news organizations Republican-dominated brain-washing cults... Michael Moore wrote a book on how Bush's friends in the media threw the 2000 election for the Republicans, and went on to alledge many more instances of the conservative media suppressing the Liberal majority of the United States.
To me it seems that both sides like to claim the media as being on the other side of the ring. The media just reports whatever will be the most shocking or what not; I don't think they have, or would benefit from, a political agenda. Either side is going to screw up enough for them to make money off the hype.
Abu Gharib on one side, Blue Dress on the other.
To me it seems that both sides like to claim the media as being on the other side of the ring. The media just reports whatever will be the most shocking or what not; I don't think they have, or would benefit from, a political agenda. Either side is going to screw up enough for them to make money off the hype.
Abu Gharib on one side, Blue Dress on the other.
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It's just like the pitbull thing. If a cocker spaniel attacks a child you'll never hear about it. If a pitbull looks crosseyed at someone it's national news. It's called sensationalism and propaganda. They try to steer you towards their point of view and away from the views however correct that they may disagree with.
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Part of the reason they have taken so long to defend themselves is the policy that ALL guns are confiscated from everyone. There was a big deal on the news when the Brits did it as a way to keep the insurgents from getting guns to attack them. The US forces have also done it but it has not been publicized as much. The NRA ran an article in the American Rifleman where the guys hated to do it but they weren't given a choice.
Kind of a rock and a hard place - leave the guns and have them used against you, take them away and they can't defend themselves.
Kind of a rock and a hard place - leave the guns and have them used against you, take them away and they can't defend themselves.