The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

The Iraq the librulmedia doesn't want you to see

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The picture was posted on the website of a San Diego politician running for Congress with the following caption:

We took this photo of dowtown Baghdad while we were in Iraq. Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be. But, each day the news media finds any violence occurring in the country and screams and shouts about it - in part because many journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism.
That's right. Because the Iraq the librulmedia doesn't want you to see is actually... Turkey.

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