Ignore the Major American Media

Earlier this week American media were reporting that one or two scud missiles were fired into Kuwait by Iraq and that a chemical weapons factory was discovered in Southern Iraq in a town called Najaf. Both these reports were later retracted by the Pentagon and subsequently proven false, but not until long after every media outlet had reported them. So far the pro-US media have done a poor job (as always during any war) of verifying information before publishing it. Your best bet is to search for several independent media sources that seem to be relatively unbiased and refer back to those on a daily basis for your war news. See "More Links" in the left column, specifically "War/Iraq" and "Media Sources" to get you started. If you find other good (i.e. unbiased) sites then please leave a comment that includes the URL and this blog's editorial board will consider adding it to the permanent list.

UPDATE: HERE is a good analysis by Michael Moran of
MSNBC of the current overall military state in Iraq.