I'm not making any specific claims, I'm simply participating in this discussion. I'm telling you what I see from perspective as a low-level participant in this war. I don't follow up most of the reports I read with an Internet news search. In many cases there are events that do make the news and I often compare what the news reports to ours. When they get the correct video footage associated with the story that is often useful to add clarity to the bland reports I get. Nobody has proof that this particular report is politcally motivated, but it sure seems that way, eh? I just hope that people don't automatically take the report for gospel and use it to fit their political agenda, although I know it will happen. I would love for the people to be able to see all the reporting that is out there and make their own decisions, but it's not practical and most of it is classified. If there is something specific that you want to know, FOIA it and someday you can get the answer. I don't have the time to chase down unclassified releases of the reports I read, I'm trying to filter through all the noise and find something useful for the soldiers I have the responsibility of informing.