Sunday, November 28, 2004

Aid reaches Falluja's citizens - truth escapes BBC

The BBC continues its' anti-American crusade with this hit piece on Falluja.

Let's start with the caption under the photograph of aid being delivered to Falluja.

"The US prevented aid entering the city for weeks"

Yes, that's right, the mean old US of A wanting to prevent aid getting to needy people. Maybe they didn't want the aid workers, you know, uh, kidnapped like the lady that was in charge of CARE. And maybe, just maybe, they didn't want the supplies falling into terrorists hands.

Next we are told,

But a spokesman says it is feared more than 6,000 people could have died in the assault and thousands of families are in critical need of assistance.

Notice is says more than 6,000 are "feared" to have died. No mention of how this figure was arrived at nor how many of the dead are terrorists. But hey, it works for the BBC's anti-American propaganda machine.

Also notice the "thousands of families are in critical need of assistance". That is strange because the same group the BBC use in this article says the opposite
in this article, scroll down to this,

Iraqi Red Crescent team delivers small number of supplies inside Fallujah, guarded by multinational force--estimates less than 200 families remained through fighting—spokesman Muhammad al-Nuri says bodies everywhere—IRCS President, Dr. Said Ismael Haki says no houses standing in Fallujah;

Then we are told this,

According to the Red Crescent, 60 people came out to get assistance in one street alone.

Does that sound like "thousands of families are in critical need of assistance"? I'm sure there are people who need assistance but how about a fair and balanced report BBC? Because the BBC are relying on Iraqi "stringers" instead of it's own reporters to do the story. Not that it would make a lot of difference mind you.

And then we are meant to be outraged.

"Bodies can be seen everywhere and people were crying when receiving the food parcels. It is very sad, it is a human disaster," Mr Nuri reportedly said.

Since, by their own estimate, only about 200 families remained in Falluja, the "bodies that can be seen everywhere", can be presumed to be terrorists and in that case no, it is not very sad and not a human disaster.

Where is the outrage BBC, over the 20 or more torture chambers that were found? Where is the outrage over the Iraqis found chained to walls and tortured? Where is the outrage over the hostages that have been beheaded?

Where is the outrage over the BBC masquerading as a news organization and spreading propaganda for the terrorists?

The online BBC complaint form is on the left under UK Media complaints.

UPDATE:

I missed this part.

"Bodies can be seen everywhere and people were crying when receiving the food parcels. It is very sad, it is a human disaster," Mr Nuri reportedly said

Get that? Mr. Nuri "reportedly said". The BBC didn't even talk to the guy!
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