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From Pajamas Media:
After more than five months, New Republic editor Franklin Foer has finally responded to allegations of untruths in the Iraq War reporting of Scott Beauchamp in TNR. But as Bob Owens points out, it takes Foer thirteen pages before he even admits that Beauchamp could have lied.
By: Bob Owens
It takes him fourteen pages, […]

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Cross-posted at Confederate Yankee:
Hala Jaber’s American-backed killer militias strut across Iraq has been challenged by an American soldier on the ground.
1LT Brendan Griswold, 1-5 CAV in Ameriyah writes:
I do not know how long Ms. Hala Jaber’s trip to Ameriya lasted or where exactly she visited inside the city, but the events that she describes in […]

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Cross-posted at Confederate Yankee:
It took fourteen pages–13 of those geared towards Franklin’ Foer’s attempt to keep his job–but here’s the punchline:
When I last spoke with Beauchamp in early November, he continued to stand by his stories. Unfortunately, the standards of this magazine require more than that. And, in light of the evidence available to us, […]

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