The new report reveals that News coverage from the “embedded reporters” of the U.S. Coalition invasion of Iraq was less than objective.
Here is an excerpt, followed by a link to the full report.
“Overall impressions
· Reports and conditions on the ground
Order of Battle CentCom reports and “embedded reporters” coverage was found to be about 70% unreliable when compared to the situation and evidence on the ground. Differences were noted in the geographic locations (place names) and reported to be the scene of head-to-head combat. Press coverage exaggerated the scale and stubbornness of the Iraqi armoured forces and organised military defences.
Witnesses, whose reports were corroborated by observations of active battlefields, show that Iraqi organised defences quickly deteriorated to low-intensity guerrilla fighting much earlier than reported - within the first 4 or 5 days of battle. Observers report that ground force engagements, characterised by the embedded reporters as “stiff resistance”, rarely persisted beyond a few minutes to hours. Many Iraqi tanks were defeated while in retreat. Anti-aircraft and artillery defences were helpless against stand-off infrared, heat and radar seeking rockets. There were little to no substantive infantry defences. Pentagon pre-conflict assertions of Iraqi armed forces strength and inventories of battle-ready equipment were not substantiated by local reports, witnesses to the battles and interviews of retired Iraqi military personnel and civilian leaders.
The majority of Iraqi armoured assets were too old to withstand US and British modern ordnance; many of these assets were placed in the field as decoys and tactical facades. Serviceable heavy-armoured Iraqi assets were placed in fixed, immobile defensive positions behind sand-berms – rarely taking the offensive. According to witnesses, serviceable tanks, armoured vehicles and anti-aircraft emplacements surviving standoff rocketing and precision artillery fire were abandoned at the first sight of advancing air-cavalry and mechanised infantry. The few major tank-to-tank engagements evidenced by the conditions and size of the battlefields were short in duration – a matter of minutes. The main prolonged armoured engagements were reported as being in Al Basra, An Nasiriyah, the southern approach to Baghdad and the International Airport. The reports generally correspond to the larger battlefields identified by the team.
Residential neighbourhoods inside Baghdad that served as shields and camouflage for Iraqi armoured divisions were destroyed by combat aircraft days before Coalition ground forces arrived. Airforce bases were abandoned before the opening of the conflict as Iraqi aircraft were destroyed well before the ground advance. Haiyy-al Mavalemeen, a large residential neighbourhood adjacent to the unoccupied Al Rashid Air Force Base was turned to rubble by Coalition combat aircraft using stand-off ordnance. Although it remains upright, the minaret of the Mosque of Imam Abu Hanifa (Baghdad), one of the most important of the many historical and religious sites was rocketed by an combat aircraft. Coalition “trolling missions” fired blind and unprovoked into buildings and homes to draw out the enemy. Reports indicate extensive bombing continued well beyond the decline of local (paramilitary) resistance, which was largely eliminated by the end of the second week of the invasion. Aerial bombing sites and frequencies reveal a persistent effort to demoralise civilians and discourage unorganised resistance. Most Iraqis remained cloistered in their homes for the duration of both phases of battle (air and ground). Surprisingly few refugees left the cities to cross the main corridor left open for this eventuality -- over the western desert to seek protection at UN, ICRC/RC, and Jordanian campsites set up on the borders in expectation of an exodus. Reports reveal that more Iraqis entered the country during the conflict than left.”
For the complete report:
Abu Khasib to Al Ah’qaf:
Iraq Gulf War II Field Investigations Report ©
Uranium Medical Research Centre
November 2003, please go to;
http://www.umrc.net/downloads/Iraq_report_1.doc
Please also see:
Troops' horrific injuries are conflict's hidden cost
By Erin Emery and John Aloysius Farrell, Denver Post Staff Writers;
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E27059%257E1784912,00.html
Electronic Iraq; http://www.electroniciraq.net
How British Charity Was Silenced On Iraq
By Kevin Maguire, The Guardian - UK;
http://www.rense.com/general45/britt.htm
BUSH BRAVERY "LAUDED" THE WORLD OVER;
http://www.thebrainstrust.co.uk/article.70.2975.html
Please watch this film from Nuc News: http://bushflash.com/ma.html
Here is an excerpt, followed by a link to the full report.
“Overall impressions
· Reports and conditions on the ground
Order of Battle CentCom reports and “embedded reporters” coverage was found to be about 70% unreliable when compared to the situation and evidence on the ground. Differences were noted in the geographic locations (place names) and reported to be the scene of head-to-head combat. Press coverage exaggerated the scale and stubbornness of the Iraqi armoured forces and organised military defences.
Witnesses, whose reports were corroborated by observations of active battlefields, show that Iraqi organised defences quickly deteriorated to low-intensity guerrilla fighting much earlier than reported - within the first 4 or 5 days of battle. Observers report that ground force engagements, characterised by the embedded reporters as “stiff resistance”, rarely persisted beyond a few minutes to hours. Many Iraqi tanks were defeated while in retreat. Anti-aircraft and artillery defences were helpless against stand-off infrared, heat and radar seeking rockets. There were little to no substantive infantry defences. Pentagon pre-conflict assertions of Iraqi armed forces strength and inventories of battle-ready equipment were not substantiated by local reports, witnesses to the battles and interviews of retired Iraqi military personnel and civilian leaders.
The majority of Iraqi armoured assets were too old to withstand US and British modern ordnance; many of these assets were placed in the field as decoys and tactical facades. Serviceable heavy-armoured Iraqi assets were placed in fixed, immobile defensive positions behind sand-berms – rarely taking the offensive. According to witnesses, serviceable tanks, armoured vehicles and anti-aircraft emplacements surviving standoff rocketing and precision artillery fire were abandoned at the first sight of advancing air-cavalry and mechanised infantry. The few major tank-to-tank engagements evidenced by the conditions and size of the battlefields were short in duration – a matter of minutes. The main prolonged armoured engagements were reported as being in Al Basra, An Nasiriyah, the southern approach to Baghdad and the International Airport. The reports generally correspond to the larger battlefields identified by the team.
Residential neighbourhoods inside Baghdad that served as shields and camouflage for Iraqi armoured divisions were destroyed by combat aircraft days before Coalition ground forces arrived. Airforce bases were abandoned before the opening of the conflict as Iraqi aircraft were destroyed well before the ground advance. Haiyy-al Mavalemeen, a large residential neighbourhood adjacent to the unoccupied Al Rashid Air Force Base was turned to rubble by Coalition combat aircraft using stand-off ordnance. Although it remains upright, the minaret of the Mosque of Imam Abu Hanifa (Baghdad), one of the most important of the many historical and religious sites was rocketed by an combat aircraft. Coalition “trolling missions” fired blind and unprovoked into buildings and homes to draw out the enemy. Reports indicate extensive bombing continued well beyond the decline of local (paramilitary) resistance, which was largely eliminated by the end of the second week of the invasion. Aerial bombing sites and frequencies reveal a persistent effort to demoralise civilians and discourage unorganised resistance. Most Iraqis remained cloistered in their homes for the duration of both phases of battle (air and ground). Surprisingly few refugees left the cities to cross the main corridor left open for this eventuality -- over the western desert to seek protection at UN, ICRC/RC, and Jordanian campsites set up on the borders in expectation of an exodus. Reports reveal that more Iraqis entered the country during the conflict than left.”
For the complete report:
Abu Khasib to Al Ah’qaf:
Iraq Gulf War II Field Investigations Report ©
Uranium Medical Research Centre
November 2003, please go to;
http://www.umrc.net/downloads/Iraq_report_1.doc
Please also see:
Troops' horrific injuries are conflict's hidden cost
By Erin Emery and John Aloysius Farrell, Denver Post Staff Writers;
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E27059%257E1784912,00.html
Electronic Iraq; http://www.electroniciraq.net
How British Charity Was Silenced On Iraq
By Kevin Maguire, The Guardian - UK;
http://www.rense.com/general45/britt.htm
BUSH BRAVERY "LAUDED" THE WORLD OVER;
http://www.thebrainstrust.co.uk/article.70.2975.html
Please watch this film from Nuc News: http://bushflash.com/ma.html