For a wonderfully illuminating and well-written article on the difficulties of the press in Iraq, which indirectly raises questions about the reporting of the war, read "Baghdad: The Besieged Press" by Orville Schell in the current NY Review of Books. He concludes the article with this:
"It may well be that the besieged American press in Iraq will find that the main story is not about Americans fighting Iraqi insurgents, but Americans standing powerlessly aside in their armed compounds, Green Zone, and military bases, watching as Iraqis kill other Iraqis and the country disintegrates. It would be all too ironic if this were the result of the invasion of March 2003, which was promoted as a critical step in bringing peace to the Middle East."
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