22-Jun-2006, 04:44 AM
I think that the US authorities have decided against announcing any details until full autopsies (post-mortem exminations) have been performed. Anything on the TV news is from information released by the Iraqi Information Ministry.
The anger will swell up as soon as official details are released.
I think the media are so anxious to show the Iraqis as bloodthirsty madmen, they'll report anything that comes their way. Unfortunately, the Western media don't understand the animosity between the various factions in Iraq, many of which go back centuries. The whole of that region is suffering from the creation of Arab nations by Western governments which had no knowledge of tribal rivalries, ethnic differences or inter-tribal boundaries.
Many of the Middle-Eastern "nations" have no national heritage, pride or commonality of either experience or beliefs. They were long-term enemies who were thrown together in a Western-driven boundary/"country" building exercise.
Same thing happened in Africa, and although the Islamic fundamentalist nutters aren't there (yet), there's a lot of tribally-based animosity in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, etc.
Frank
The anger will swell up as soon as official details are released.
I think the media are so anxious to show the Iraqis as bloodthirsty madmen, they'll report anything that comes their way. Unfortunately, the Western media don't understand the animosity between the various factions in Iraq, many of which go back centuries. The whole of that region is suffering from the creation of Arab nations by Western governments which had no knowledge of tribal rivalries, ethnic differences or inter-tribal boundaries.
Many of the Middle-Eastern "nations" have no national heritage, pride or commonality of either experience or beliefs. They were long-term enemies who were thrown together in a Western-driven boundary/"country" building exercise.
Same thing happened in Africa, and although the Islamic fundamentalist nutters aren't there (yet), there's a lot of tribally-based animosity in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, etc.
Frank
Frank Damp (wife Eileen, nee Nixon)
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.