Chelsea Manning accuses U.S. of lying about Iraq

[Sunlei]

Chelsea Manning breaks silence, accuses U.S. of lying about Iraq
By Faith Karimi, CNN

A U.S. soldier imprisoned for leaking documents to WikiLeaks broke her silence in a fiery editorial accusing the United States of lying about Iraq.

"I believe that the current limits on press freedom and excessive government secrecy make it impossible for Americans to grasp fully what is happening in the wars we finance."

She said that during the 2010 elections in Iraq, the media duped the world into thinking that all was well.
"You might remember that the American press was flooded with stories declaring the elections a success, complete with upbeat anecdotes and photographs of Iraqi women proudly displaying their ink-stained fingers," she wrote. "The subtext was that United States military operations had succeeded in creating a stable and democratic Iraq. Those of us stationed there were acutely aware of a more complicated reality."

She said at the time, she got regular reports detailing security forces' crackdown against dissidents "on behalf" of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
"I was shocked by our military's complicity in the corruption of that election," she said. "Yet these deeply troubling details flew under the American media's radar."


story link http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/15/us/nyt-chelsea-manning/index.html

[leftyohiolib]

1. flew under the American media's radar." they wouldnt report it if it flew up and

bit them in the ass

[Sunlei]

2. 'someone' or some groups are excellent about sending out thousands of quality 'press releases'.

Floods of fluff (and propaganda? political motivation? Corporate agenda? 'for profit' private contractors agenda?) press releases tend to cover-up the few reports/press releases from actual fact finding Journalists.

[blkmusclmachine]

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