Thursday, August 17, 2006
We Were Off By 22 Days
My, things happen so quickly around here.
On June 8, 2006, 201k noted that the New York Times had responded to the killing in Iraq of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi with no less than seven stories linked from the front page (along with an emailed "News Alert").
Having followed the bizarre and inexplicable history the press has had with its descriptions of Mr. Zarqawi (See: "The Amazing Career Trajectory of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi") -- and what it meant in regard to the actual import of his death -- we wondered at the time what relevance the many stories on his death would have "three months from now".
Two months and ten days later we have the answer.
But you don't have all of it. It writing this post we've discovered something odd: one of the links we listed back on June 8, to an article entitled, "Analysis: Eliminating a Face of the Insurgency", no longer brings you to that article, but to a different one, entitled, "Hundreds of Iraqi Detainees Get First Taste of Freedom" which has nothing to do with the death of Mr. Zarqawi.
Even more strangely, a search of the Time's database finds no results for an article called "Analysis: Eliminating a Face of the Insurgency", and a search for "Eliminating a Face of the Insurgency" doesn't bring up the original linked article.
How very odd.
Looks like it's time for a letter to the Time's "Public Editor", Byron Calame.
On June 8, 2006, 201k noted that the New York Times had responded to the killing in Iraq of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi with no less than seven stories linked from the front page (along with an emailed "News Alert").
Having followed the bizarre and inexplicable history the press has had with its descriptions of Mr. Zarqawi (See: "The Amazing Career Trajectory of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi") -- and what it meant in regard to the actual import of his death -- we wondered at the time what relevance the many stories on his death would have "three months from now".
Two months and ten days later we have the answer.
- Bombs Aimed at G.I.'s in Iraq Are Increasing
By MICHAEL R. GORDON, MARK MAZZETTI and THOM SHANKER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The number of roadside bombs planted in Iraq rose in July to the highest monthly total of the war, offering more evidence that the anti-American insurgency has continued to strengthen despite the killing of the terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
"The insurgency has gotten worse by almost all measures, with insurgent attacks at historically high levels," said a senior Defense Department official who agreed to discuss the issue only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak for attribution. "The insurgency has more public support and is demonstrably more capable in numbers of people active and in its ability to direct violence than at any point in time."
But you don't have all of it. It writing this post we've discovered something odd: one of the links we listed back on June 8, to an article entitled, "Analysis: Eliminating a Face of the Insurgency", no longer brings you to that article, but to a different one, entitled, "Hundreds of Iraqi Detainees Get First Taste of Freedom" which has nothing to do with the death of Mr. Zarqawi.
Even more strangely, a search of the Time's database finds no results for an article called "Analysis: Eliminating a Face of the Insurgency", and a search for "Eliminating a Face of the Insurgency" doesn't bring up the original linked article.
How very odd.
Looks like it's time for a letter to the Time's "Public Editor", Byron Calame.
