Monday, July 14, 2008

About that Iraqi Demanded Timeline -- No Such Beast Exists

The prime minister was widely quoted as saying that in the negotiations with the Americans on a Status of Forces Agreement to regulate the US troop presence from next year, “the direction is towards either a memorandum of understanding on their evacuation, or a memorandum of understanding on a timetable for their withdrawal”.
That was the version of Mr Maliki’s remarks put out in writing by his office in Baghdad.
It was widely circulated by the news media, and caught much attention, including that of Mr Obama.
There is only one problem. It is not what Mr Maliki actually said. … What he actually said was: “The direction is towards either a memorandum of understanding on their evacuation, or a memorandum of understanding on programming their presence.”
Ooww, Sorry Barack -- Your NYTimes editorial was based on thing but poor reporting.  Nothing new there, your entire candidacy is based on poor reporting.
DKK
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