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April 03, 2003
Robert Fisk: "Reports Of Airport Assault Premature"
From the New Zealand News: So where are the Americans? I prowled the empty departure lounges, mooched through the abandoned customs department, chatted to the seven armed militia guards, met the airport director and stood beside the runways where two dust-covered Iraqi Airways passenger jets -- an old 727 and an even more elderly Antonov -- stood forlornly on the runway not far from an equally decrepit military helicopter ... Have fun in the comments ... Posted By Alan at April 3, 2003 11:18 PM | TrackBackComments
D'oh! Posted by: Wind Rider at April 3, 2003 11:21 PMWhat an idjit. Does this guy have two brain cells to rub together? Posted by: DSmith at April 3, 2003 11:23 PMmebbe he'll get pressed into service as a human shield Posted by: The Mullet at April 3, 2003 11:24 PMHe just edits press releases from the Iraqi [dis]Information Ministry and submits them. Posted by: Cranky at April 3, 2003 11:26 PMTo be fair to the man, he's just a victim of Internet Time. First come reports of Coalition forces "investing" the Airport. Turn on SKY news or FOX you git! The reporter AT THE AIRPORT asked the commander of the marine forces how much of the airport they controlled and he said 75%..... Posted by: Adam at April 3, 2003 11:39 PMAlan: Great minds think alike. Look at the times of the posts, too. Posted by: Meryl Yourish at April 3, 2003 11:40 PMasshat! don't let your kids be newspaper war correspondents... they'll look like idiots internet or tv! Posted by: libertarian uber alles at April 3, 2003 11:52 PMTo be fair, reports that the airport was taken first showed up earlier today, around noon CST. They don't seem to have taken it fully until about 12 hours later. Though a soldier just said they took the land around it yesterday. So I would guess Mr. Fisk wasn't looking too hard for Americans. Posted by: Jeremy at April 4, 2003 12:13 AMIt's amazing to me how this moron calls us liars, but not the crap spewed daily by the Iraqui defense minister and his goons. I guess he still believes that the pictures we are seeing are really a mirage Posted by: Bernie B at April 4, 2003 12:43 AMIt's amazing to me how this moron calls us liars, but not the crap spewed daily by the Iraqui defense minister and his goons. I guess he still believes that the pictures we are seeing are really a mirage Posted by: Bernie B at April 4, 2003 12:43 AM...Nightline 11:30 EST 4/3/03, with Ted Koppel reporting live from the tarmac of Robert Fisk International Airport... Posted by: AMac at April 4, 2003 01:15 AMFisk is notoriously anti-American. But this story takes the biscuit for total inaccuracy and slant. To "fisk" is now a verb, and this story defines its meaning. He has been a royal pain in the butt ever since he started his one-sided reporting in Northern Ireland. Posted by: JohninLondon at April 4, 2003 07:19 AMPointing out the timeline of the rumors, his story, and the actual attack doesn't excuse him. Why didn't he just stay there with a live camera/radio transmitter and see what happened? I have yet to see any photos from him or anyone he's with. Do such things exist? Is he with a photographer? Posted by: Charles Hueter at April 4, 2003 11:41 AMTell me that you didn't find the Iraqui Info.guy Post a comment
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