When I first got here almost 4 months ago, Haifa Street was the worst area in all of Baghdad. Casualties had piled up there and the unit that we replaced had earned over 50 Purple Hearts there. It was considered a "no go" area because if you went in, you went in with no less than a Company of Soldiers. (100-120) Between daily bombing and body count reports, that are considered the only things newsworthy here, someone in the media actually noticed that Haifa Street is no longer arhabi turf. After a large shakedown by US and Iraqi forces, the Iraqi Army, which had formerly been afraid to go there, now roams it freely. Other areas of the city still remain hot but nothing on the scale of what Haifa Street was then. The other thing that should be mentioned is that this story is almost 2 months old, and it is just coming out in our press. We had another success today here in our area, but I will have to let some time pass before I can blog about it. In the meantime, to get the TRUTH, try these fact-checkers. I like their statement of purpose.
Last night I heard an interesting pool question, "Why isn't the MSM" reporting about the crisis of the American illegal border crossing. This was a poll by the CNN reporter, know his name but got a block right now, who every night does a special report about the border problems. What struck me was his borrowing a blog term to help draw in people. But his topic, though of grave concern, is one he has been giving indepth coverage for months with a heavy slant towards "failures" of "this" administration. Again slanted news coverage, and selective news.
Posted by: devildog6771 | May 29, 2005 at 01:28 AM
Congratulations on your success regarding Haifa Street! In recent weeks I've seen pictures in the media of soldiers and children that were off-handedly described as being in Haifa Street. That made me suspect things were going quite well in Haifa, though I never saw stories about it. I'm glad to know my suspicions were correct! :)
Keep up the great work! We love all of you and are so proud of what you are doing.
Posted by: Beth | May 29, 2005 at 07:10 PM
Very good web site, great work and thank you for your service.+
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