NVMojo
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Wed Nov-01-06 12:21 PM
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who is the lady reporter nailing Snow on Iraq reaching point of chaos? |
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Snow just nailed her for focusing on one graph.
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NVMojo
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Wed Nov-01-06 12:22 PM
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1. he called her "Jessica" |
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Wed Nov-01-06 12:43 PM
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2. Graph that got Tony's panties in a wad ? (NYTs today - front page print) |
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A classified briefing prepared two weeks ago by the United States Central Command portrays Iraq as edging toward chaos, in a chart that the military is using as a barometer of civil conflict. A one-page slide shown at the Oct. 18 briefing provides a rare glimpse into how the military command that oversees the war is trying to track its trajectory, particularly in terms of sectarian fighting.
The slide includes a color-coded bar chart that is used to illustrate an “Index of Civil Conflict.” It shows a sharp escalation in sectarian violence since the bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra in February, and tracks a further worsening this month despite a concerted American push to tamp down the violence in Baghdad. (snip ..)
The conclusions the Central Command has drawn from these trends are not encouraging, according to a copy of the slide that was obtained by The New York Times. The slide shows Iraq as moving sharply away from “peace,” an ideal on the far left side of the chart, to a point much closer to the right side of the spectrum, a red zone marked “chaos.” As depicted in the command’s chart, the needle has been moving steadily toward the far right of the chart. (more ..)http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/world/middleeast/01military.html?hp&ex=1162443600&en=ae294d1d13aed188&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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Wed Nov-01-06 12:44 PM
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This is the news they don't want to talk about. The wheels are coming off in Iraq.
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Wed Nov-01-06 03:41 PM
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4. "Focusing on one graph"? Damn that coroner! Focusing on one vital sign! |
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Just because the heart is stopped doesn't mean the patient is dead!
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