VOA: iraq is heaven, scenty

* i think ive just read the most disgusting piece of propaganda ive ever read - brought to you by the official propaganda arm of the usg, the VOA - its titled: "Questions Arising about Bridge Stampede in Baghdad"

"On the bridge itself Wednesday afternoon, there was one striking sight, which did suggest that something catastrophic had occurred earlier. Hundreds of pairs of shoes littered both sides of the two-lane bridge, which some Iraqis said belonged to the more than 900 Shi'ites who allegedly perished in the stampede.

But there was also a strange absence of ambulances, medical personnel and rescue activities on the bridge or in the river. There was no sign of blood anywhere on the bridge and not a drop of blood could be found on a row of knee-high concrete barriers, which many of the victims were said to have been crushed against.

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Iraqi and U.S. military personnel, stationed at guard towers at a nearby base with a clear view of the bridge, report that they saw nothing out of the ordinary occurring on the bridge all morning.

Footage of the bridge from an American reconnaissance plane also shows no activity consistent with the reports of mass panic and deaths. The only confirmed incident on Wednesday in Kadhimiya was an early morning mortar and rocket attack, targeting the Shi'ite shrine where an estimated one million Shi'ites from around the country had gathered by day's end.

VOA visited the nearby Kadhimiya Hospital and found eight bodies and 33 civilians being treated for wounds."

i feel sick. and dirty.