The Voice of the Iraqi People (or “The Voice of the Iraqi People”)

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Talk about echo chambers.

Someone at CNN noted that the U.S. military is apparently recycling quotes attributed to the Iraqi people.  For example, when a car bomb went off yesterday in Baghdad (killing 25 liberated Iraqis), the U.S. military released a news statement which contained this passage:

“‘The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the ISF and all of Iraq. They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists,’ said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified."

And when there was a car bomb that went off earlier this month (killing several liberated Iraqi children), after which the U.S. military released a news statement which contained this passage:

“‘The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the children and all of Iraq,’ said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified. ‘They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists.’"

Looks like a cog broke in the military propaganda machine.  Read more from CNN.