All of Us Participate in a New Iraq:
"05/10/06 't r u t h o u t' -- -- Last Friday I was at the University of Texas, Austin, giving a presentation on Iraq. After dumping an hour's worth of horrible 'real news' about Iraq, I was asked the question I have by now learnt to expect: 'Is there anything good happening there at all?' I understand why people ask this. There must be some hope, somewhere, right?
I suggested that there are always the military press releases folks can go to, for an 'upper' about Iraq. Here I recounted one of these bogus 'news' reports. Released during my second stint in Iraq, a report of May 21, 2004, stated: 'The Coalition Provisional Authority has recently given out hundreds of soccer balls to Iraqi children in Ramadi, Karbala, and Hilla. Iraqi women from Hilla sewed the soccer balls, which are emblazoned with the phrase, All of Us Participate in a New Iraq.'
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