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	U.S. Jails Journalist for doing their Jobs

ratilfar

11-20-2007 7:09 PM

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iraq, war, war on terror, truth, anbar

ratilfar says:

And you wonder why the Far-Right loathes the AP with the passion they do:

"The photographs taken by Hussein, and published by AP, demonstrated that things were anything but calm in Anbar."

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11-21-2007 5:54 AM

citizenbfk

19 months in jail, without charges being filed.

11-21-2007 4:03 PM

PeaceWatcher

It is the media war, more ff the same is here.

11-22-2007 2:25 PM

righthand

Is he the guy who did his job too well, a major crime?

11-22-2007 2:55 PM

ratilfar

In the neocon's world, that would be a yes.

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