Devastating Fallujah suicide bomb not quite so devastating
A friend sent this to me today--I had missed it previously. Matt Sanchez, embedded in Fallujah, heard the boom of a suicide bomber and some small arms fire. His version of what happened is a little different from what made it into the MSM accounts:
I interviewed bored Marine infantry men, many on their second tour, who told me they were in less danger because the Fallujan police and Iraqi Army were picking up the slack, responding to tips from locals and responding to attacks. In fact, that day, the police was so effective they even prevented a suicide bomber from entering the building. We heard the boom, and as if on cue, RPG and small arms fire. The Marines of the 2/6 infantry unit grinned as they pulled on their equipment and took positions, but in reality, the Iraqi police had prevented a major suicide attack. There was, however, one victim—the suicide bomber.I'd nitpick on his description of the suicide bomber as a victim, but if this is accurate it's an amazing deception the media has bought into.So, how did the death of a sole suicide bomber become the Wall Street Journal headline of "Suicide Bombing in Fallujah Leaves 25 Dead, 50 Wounded"? To be fair, NPR, CBS, Sky News, and CNN all parroted the same numbers, as they rushed to report something—anything! The answer is a 20-minute helicopter away in Baghdad. Where the majority of "reporting" is done from the Green Zone.
P.S. Haven't seen ol' Jamil Hussein's name talking to the press in a while. Whatever happened to him?