tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post3381223130531654802..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: Wikileaks : Canadian "combat deaths" were friendly fireAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-34151260608494175712010-07-27T22:26:27.749-07:002010-07-27T22:26:27.749-07:00OEM : I just put Part I of that DN vid up at Dr. D...OEM : I just put Part I of that DN vid up at <a href="http://drdawgsblawg.blogspot.com/2010/07/guardian-editor-on-wikileaks-at.html" rel="nofollow">Dr. Dawg's</a> at Toe's suggestion in a comment on a post below.<br /><br />PS Don't read CBC comments, OEM.<br />Knuckle-draggers hate the CBC and always go there to throw up on their way home to BT.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-16301512580862192222010-07-27T22:14:20.704-07:002010-07-27T22:14:20.704-07:00http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/27/guardian__ed...http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/27/guardian__editor_on_coverage_of<br /><br />I am disturbed the way other media and pundits are presenting this. This story is important.<br />The public needs to know that these are documents, not something made up.<br />A comment on CBC says she would rather believe Hellier than some punk /puny hacker.<br />OEMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-86502850611452689562010-07-27T09:43:19.432-07:002010-07-27T09:43:19.432-07:00Gov't language around this is full of weasel w...Gov't language around this is full of weasel words. "..as result of insurgent activity.." Duh. But doesn't explain details of the engagement.Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952672409601421466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-12328263089099095862010-07-27T09:26:47.780-07:002010-07-27T09:26:47.780-07:00I would have loved to hear the word that was reall...I would have loved to hear the word that was really bouncing around Assange's head when he said "naive," wouldn't you, Alison? Charitable is right.<br /><br />The non-story in the MSM of the revelations is once again disappointing, but not unexpected. Can't be blowing the whistle on the big brass and expect to get any more "inside" information, can we? Never mind that the "inside" information is probably drivel at best . . . .West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-52305943993925265422010-07-27T09:09:20.886-07:002010-07-27T09:09:20.886-07:00Anon : OK, I've looked at the CBC story. I pur...Anon : OK, I've looked at the CBC story. I purposely didn't post the pix and names of the deaths - why make the relatives go through this all again? <br /><br />Kev : I've reposted it to Dr. Dawg's this morning so they can avail themselves of the opportunity of ignoring it over there as well.<br /><br />wv was howcarm!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-3697315110833816842010-07-27T06:23:25.934-07:002010-07-27T06:23:25.934-07:00Given the historical reluctance to publicize frien...Given the historical reluctance to publicize friendly fire incidents, it would seem unlikely that this incident would be appear in a report plus an updated version without being an accurate portrayal of the events. <br /><br />I naively believed that I would wake this morning to find this the big story of the day (silly,silly boy)only to find almost universal silence on behalf of the corporate media and the so called opposition parties.Not to mention the support the troops crowd who never tire of accusing us of being disloyal Taliban lovers for daring to question our occupation of Afghanistan.Kevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-70324982444630914312010-07-27T01:49:09.731-07:002010-07-27T01:49:09.731-07:00CBC has something up about it now.
http://www.cbc....CBC has something up about it now.<br />http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/07/26/wikileak-afghanistan-canada-soldiers.html<br /><br />"These officers died in an ongoing effort to force Taliban insurgents from a region West of Kandahar City so that displaced villagers can return to their homes and re-establish their livelihoods without living in constant fear," then defence minister Gordon O'Connor said in the Maple Leaf story."<br /><br />wv=fantaskiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com