Re: Is that they call discriminate fire? Yes, actually...

"Vince Brannigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Tarver Engineering wrote:
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> >>It's beginning to sound like some junior officer decided
> >>on a Viet Nam type body count.
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> > It was Reuters that decided to publish a body count.

> no it is being widely reported as a major shift in US spin on the war.

The "widely reported" news source is lying; there is no change in the policy
of not reporting a body count.  Toumbstones are a poor metric for success,
in winning hearts and minds.

> "Numerous newspapers on Monday played up as front page news the Sunday
> clash between rebel forces and U.S. soldiers in the city of Samarra,
> with most declaring that between 46 and 54 Iraqis had been killed and
> using only U.S. military officials as their sources. After a run of bad
> news for the U.S. in Iraq -- including a record monthly death toll of
> U.S. soldiers -- the military portrayed this as a major victory, and the
> press seemed to accept it.

Except that the body count came out of Reuters, not US Military sources.