Still More “Fabrications” Galore
Western officials in Kabul say heavy fighting in the mountains of northeastern Afghanistan has killed nine American soldiers and a large number of Taliban militants…
In addition, according to The New York Times today:
…A NATO news release issued in Kabul said the insurgents attacked the Kunar base with rocket-propelled grenades and mortars, using houses, shops and a mosque in the nearby village of Wanat for cover…
Shifting continents, separately, the Press Association:
Three men accused of plotting a series of suicide attacks on transatlantic jets have pleaded guilty to conspiring to cause explosions.
Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 27, Assad Sarwar, 28, and Tanvir Hussain, 27, admitted the offence at Woolwich Crown Court, in south east London…
Regardless, both stories are simply too much to believe. Disgraceful. All of this endless Sun-like, reckless reporting of “pure fabrication,” simply has got to stop.
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UPDATE, 3:35 PM: The NYT piece quoted above, which I read unobstructed about 7:30 this morning UK time, has since “disappeared” behind a “members wall.” If the NYT is gonna yo-yo back to the registration nonsense, throwing up barriers again — and there we were, thinking the NYT was against border control? — I’m going to stop visiting now and then. There’s lots better out there.
UK newspapers manage mostly without the “registration” silliness. Hmmm, where’s another top paper? Where’s . . . the Independent?:
…Ronnie Wood shows no signs of ditching the rock’n'roll lifestyle. The 61-year-old Rolling Stone has reportedly spent a fortnight on a vodka binge in Ireland holed up with a Russian cocktail waitress less than a third his age.
The ruse for the trip to his Ireland home was said to be to work on his painting, but the presence of 19-year-old blonde Ekaterina Ivanova at his retreat in County Kildare has thrown the thought of such innocent pursuits into question…
As one can see, quality investigative and socially vital journalism exists in this world, well beyond the NYT.
