First of all, there is a reason to celebrate the second day in a row of U.S. predator drone strikes in North Waziristan as today 5 more Taliban/al Qaeda were turned to red mist by hellfire missiles.
But, as most of you have noticed over the months, most of my blogposts about these UAV strikes normally come from The Long War Journal or DAWN but this report comes from Breitbart which is using an AP writer's account and boy oh boy, this AP reporter must have half his family working in the Taliban ranks. Let's look at this story from the AP and I'll break it down piece by piece to show the bias.
First, the headline of the article:
Okay, not horrible but obviously NO mention of the fact that the 5 were Taliban or al Qaeda or militants.
Now, the first line of the article:
Oh boy, now there are some serious issues with this sentence. First of all, this AP writer purposely uses the term "house" - in 99% of the other reporting media, this "house" will be referred to as a "Taliban compound" or "compound" or "training camp" - but oh no, this AP writer wants to create the illusion that this was a civilian house. Now, let's address this: "killed five people." Whoa! So, if we read that the way that this AP writer wants us to, the U.S. slammed a civilian house with hellfires and killed five ordinary Pakistani civilians - clearly an atrocity of war right? It must be a war crime, yes? LOL No, this putz left out the word options of "killed five militants" or "killed five Taliban" or "killed five al Qaeda" or "killed five suspected terrorists" or "killed five enemy combatants." What a bloody joke.
The AP writer for this story is RASOOL DAWAR - I'd like to ask Mr. Dawar just how many U.S. predator drone attacks in the past year in North Waziristan have been determined to have killed civilians and how many have killed Taliban/al Qaeda? How many strikes like this have been protested by the Pakistani government or military? ZERO, putz. So, after over a hundred such UAV strikes in North Waziristan, all of the targets were confirmed to have killed enemy combatants, this AP writer STILL can't bring himself to describe the targets as anything more than "people." And you thought America was the only place in which journalism had died.
But, as most of you have noticed over the months, most of my blogposts about these UAV strikes normally come from The Long War Journal or DAWN but this report comes from Breitbart which is using an AP writer's account and boy oh boy, this AP reporter must have half his family working in the Taliban ranks. Let's look at this story from the AP and I'll break it down piece by piece to show the bias.
First, the headline of the article:
Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in NW Pakistan
Okay, not horrible but obviously NO mention of the fact that the 5 were Taliban or al Qaeda or militants.
Now, the first line of the article:
Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike on a house has killed five people near the Afghan border.
Oh boy, now there are some serious issues with this sentence. First of all, this AP writer purposely uses the term "house" - in 99% of the other reporting media, this "house" will be referred to as a "Taliban compound" or "compound" or "training camp" - but oh no, this AP writer wants to create the illusion that this was a civilian house. Now, let's address this: "killed five people." Whoa! So, if we read that the way that this AP writer wants us to, the U.S. slammed a civilian house with hellfires and killed five ordinary Pakistani civilians - clearly an atrocity of war right? It must be a war crime, yes? LOL No, this putz left out the word options of "killed five militants" or "killed five Taliban" or "killed five al Qaeda" or "killed five suspected terrorists" or "killed five enemy combatants." What a bloody joke.
The AP writer for this story is RASOOL DAWAR - I'd like to ask Mr. Dawar just how many U.S. predator drone attacks in the past year in North Waziristan have been determined to have killed civilians and how many have killed Taliban/al Qaeda? How many strikes like this have been protested by the Pakistani government or military? ZERO, putz. So, after over a hundred such UAV strikes in North Waziristan, all of the targets were confirmed to have killed enemy combatants, this AP writer STILL can't bring himself to describe the targets as anything more than "people." And you thought America was the only place in which journalism had died.
Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in NW Pakistan
MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike on a house has killed five people near the Afghan border.
Noor Ahmed, a senior government official in North Waziristan, says Sunday's attack occurred near Miran Shah, the main town in the rugged tribal area. He says tribesmen have recovered five bodies so far.
Two intelligence officials confirmed the attack in the village of Tabbi Tolkhel. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
The identities of those killed in the attack were unknown.
North Waziristan is home to Taliban and al-Qaida militants who stage attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan and against targets inside Pakistan.
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