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07/07/2003 Archived Entry: "Iraqi boy grows new arms!"
Iraqi boy grows new arms!
At least, that's what CNN wants you to believe.
You'll remember the story of Ali, the poor Iraqi boy who lost his family and both arms in the US bombing of Iraq. His picture hit the wires all over the world, and was one of the grotesque highlights of the US aggression.
Well, today CNN anchor Kyra Phillips announced, 'Remember that little Iraqi boy named Ali? Well, a reporter went back to see what happened to him, and he's okay.' CNN then ran video - but it wasn't video of the Ali who lost his family and his arms, but a different Iraqi boy named Ali - and this Ali had all limbs intact!
Ah, the wonders of technology - it's a beautiful thing when a little revisionist history accomplishes what modern medicine cannot. CNN should be ashamed of themselves.
Replies: 3 people speak up
ARGH! Liars! Manipulators! That sums it up for me.
Posted by DarkHumour @ 07/07/2003 03:29 PM NY
That is utterly beneath contempt. CNN is more pathetic than Fox. At least Fox doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is: Comedy Central for rightwing retards.
Do you think CNN will issue a correction?
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/07/2003 04:15 PM NY
Kyra, way back when during The War, asked the original Ali's doctor if he didn't realize how much good the US was doing for Iraq (paraphrasing).
The doctor had to remind Miss Nimrod that little Ali only knew that he lost most of his family and his arms, and that his burns were terribly painful, and wondered why the US did this to him.
She was such a pig during this interview. Also, just the other day she asked the wife of one of the troops stationed in Iraq if her children knew what was going on. They were effin toddlers!
Posted by Vicki @ 07/07/2003 10:22 PM NY
