Why Casey Sheehan Was Killed

[kerrygoddess]

Why Casey Sheehan Was Killed
August 18th, 2005

The following essay was received by email from Tarcher/Penguin Marketing and Promotions Associate Manager Terri Hennessy.

“Why Casey Sheehan Was Killed,” is by Pacifica Radio reporter Aaron Glantz, who has covered the war in Iraq from the beginning. He is the author of How America Lost Iraq, which The Boulder Daily Camera summed up concisely:

“Die-hard Iraq war supporters and reflexive Bush bashers alike may chafe at parts of Glantz’s story. It is an unusual hybrid, a fact-packed memoir, based on solid reporting, rather than an analysis or polemic. Most of us will never see the Iraq war up close. But reading Aaron Glantz’s book, and watching his positions evolve as he learns more, is about as good a substitute as we are likely to find.”

I just spoke with Aaron for a few moments on the phone. Aaron stressed that he felt it is important to keep the focus on the real stories behind the Iraq war (and not the media circus). I hope to have more here from Aaron soon.

WHY CASEY SHEEHAN WAS KILLED

by Aaron Glantz

Since President Bush won’t meet with Cindy Sheehan to explain why her son Casey died in Iraq, I thought I would put forward the information I have. Like Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, I was in Baghdad’s Sadr City on April 4, 2004.

I was there as an unembedded journalist. Unlike Casey Sheehan, I wasn’t killed.

MORE - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=278#more-278

[rateyes]

1. Got halfway through it..

had to stop reading. I was getting sick!

[kerrygoddess]

5. The truth sucks!

Doesn't it. Bush's rotten war.

[rateyes]

6. Yes, it does!

[kerrygoddess]

7. Too bad this seems a bit controversial...

Even for DU.

[pocket]

2. he died for AIPAC, PNAC, and the BFEE

for the new Roman Empire

[kerrygoddess]

4. Hmmm.... N/T

[rumpel]

3. thanks for posting this.