Gateway Pundit: MSM Officially flips sides

Jim at Gateway Pundit elegantly and precisely lays out the case that the Mainstream Media has boldly and officially become part of the enemy in Iraq.

It’s always been a little iffy on who the media was rooting for with the Haditha and Abu Ghraib “scandals” compared to the Al-Qaeda atrocities, but this month’s reporting put those questions to rest.

Not only did the media embed with the terrorists in Iraq this month but they also grossly misreported on the death tolls in Iraq.

But you have to read the whole thing and I’m not going to pirate any of his work – it’s real apparent that he put a lot of time into it. Excellent job, GP.

They were probably pretty pissed that the Iraqi government didn’t explode this last weekend and that al-Sadr collapsed so quickly. The media just figured it’s time to build up al Qaeda’s morale again.

Meanwhile, the media we can trust, Bill Roggio writes that President Maliki will continue operations in Basra, irrespective of the agreement al-Sadr thinks he has with the Iraqi government;

One day after Muqtada al Sadr, the leader of the Mahdi Army, called for his fighters to abandon combat, the fighting in Basrah has come to a near-halt, and the Iraqi security forces are patrolling the streets. While Sadr spokesman said the Iraqi government agreed to Sadr’s terms for the cease-fire, Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has said the security forces will continue operations in Basrah in the South. Meanwhile, the Mahdi Army took heavy casualties in Basrah, Nasiriyah, Babil, and Baghdad over the weekend, despite Sadr’s call for the end of fighting.

Maliki was clear that operations would continue in the South. “The armed groups who refuse al Sadr’s announcement and the pardon we offered will be targets, especially those in possession of heavy weapons,” Maliki said, referring to the 10-day amnesty period for militias to turn in heavy and medium weapons. “Security operations in Basra will continue to stop all the terrorist and criminal activities along with the organized gangs targeting people.”

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