Juan Cole complains today about what he sees as the pitifully poor coverage of the Iraq War on American TV news. And he points out that bloggers can also post news clips like this one:
Muqtada al-Sadr, it seems, is having trouble restraining some units of his JAM (Mahdi Army) militia, who want to attack Americans: Iraqi militia told to cease fire after clashes Reuters 03/13/08. And here's a grim reminder that a considerable part of American fighting forces in Iraq are American mercenaries: Severed fingers of 5 hostages held in Iraq delivered to U.S. by Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers 03/12/08.
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