{"id":11462,"date":"2009-06-10T06:42:29","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T11:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=11462"},"modified":"2009-06-10T09:46:04","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T14:46:04","slug":"the-domestic-media-and-afghanistan-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=11462","title":{"rendered":"The domestic media and Afghanistan news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uncle Jimbo at Blackfive<\/a> writes that the British media<\/a> isn’t afraid to report that Afghan border police are regularly intercepting heavy weapons shipments from Iran;<\/p>\n

Quantities regularly run into the hundreds and the weapons are usually brand new he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama has been working hard to enlist Iranian support in tackling rampant arms and opium traffic across the border.<\/p>\n

Sources said both sides were prepared for a “fresh look” at co-operation after years of hostility caused by Tehran’s nuclear programme, American support for Israel, and Iranian suspicion of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, the American media is reluctant to report such news, lest they tip the Obama applecart a hair. So just like in the Clinton days we have to rely on foreign media. <\/p>\n

But the Associated Press<\/a> is willing to encourage the specter of blame on American soldiers for an grenade attack on a crowd which had assembled around a disabled miltary vehicle. The grenade killed two and wounded fifty, according to the account; <\/p>\n

Some Afghan witnesses and officials, including Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education, accused a U.S. soldier on Tuesday of throwing the grenade. But U.S. military officials and the Ministry of Interior said fragments from a Russian-made grenade were found at the site, and blamed an insurgent in the crowd for throwing the weapon.<\/p>\n

None of the half dozen U.S. soldiers in the video can be seen throwing a grenade. However, the video does not make clear who may have thrown it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So why even mention the unlikely allegation that Americans tossed the grenade? <\/p>\n

Several witnesses and victims wounded in Tuesday’s blast told The Associated Press that they saw a U.S. soldier fire a grenade launching weapon. Others said they saw a soldier reach into his pocket and throw a grenade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, it’s easy to see why AP reported it – reaching in your pocket to pull out a grenade requires the exact same action as firing a weapon, doesn’t it? By the way, all of you military folks who carried grenades in your pockets raise your hands. Yeah, me neither.<\/p>\n

Here’s the video, by the way;
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