MSM Whitewash; US backed"dirty brigade" operating in Iraq


	MSM Whitewash; US backed"dirty brigade" operating in Iraq

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/da80fc7d-37b6-412d-99d0-902284498aa8/94444746-E84C-4EB0-85C3-062B52540BF2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/world/140962/media_white_wash%3A_u.s.-backed_%22dirty_brigade%22_operating_in_iraq/" href="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/world/140962/media_white_wash%3A_u.s.-backed_%22dirty_brigade%22_operating_in_iraq/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.alternet.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/world/140962/media_white_wash%3A_u.s.-backed_%22dirty_brigade%22_operating_in_iraq/"><P class="storyheadline">Media White Wash: U.S.-Backed "Dirty Brigade" Operating in Iraq</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/world/140962/media_white_wash%3A_u.s.-backed_%22dirty_brigade%22_operating_in_iraq/"><DIV class="teaserleft">
		Anyone surprised? Aside, of course, from those who rely on the commercial media.
	</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/world/140962/media_white_wash%3A_u.s.-backed_%22dirty_brigade%22_operating_in_iraq/"><P>So, there is an "elite" group of commandos known by the Iraqi public as the "dirty brigade." Its commanders claim that the brigade is made up of soldiers embodying the height of professionalism, but they're perceived to be a hand-picked crew, outside the chain of command, that targets the Maliki regime's political enemies. They're trained and equipped by the U.S. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/world/140962/media_white_wash%3A_u.s.-backed_%22dirty_brigade%22_operating_in_iraq/"><P>The story should come as little surprise. During the 2004 campaign, conservatives in the U.S. talked a lot about deploying the "El Salvador model" in Iraq, and in 2007 Pentagon planners in fact acknowledged, as <A href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-03/12/content_825880.htm">Reuters put it</A>, "that the El Salvador model had influenced planning."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/94444746-E84C-4EB0-85C3-062B52540BF2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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