That convoy of Republican Guard troops that was moving south from Baghdad toward U.S. positions turned out to be much smaller than originally thought. It's now a lot smaller still. During the night B-52s bombed the convoy "almost into oblivion," according to one U.S. spokesman.
Activist group organizes a media-watch campaign
MoveOn.org, an activist group that says it now has 1.3 million members in the U.S. and another 750,000 overseas, is organizing a media-watch campaign to monitor how U.S. journalists are covering the war.
In an e-mail to members, one of the group's organizers, Eli Pariser, writes:
"American media outlets have chosen to stifle or simply not show the most terrible and saddening aspects of this war. They are reluctant to air the voices of critics who are raising important questions about its effectiveness and purpose. And they appear to have acceded to the Bush Administration's desire to black out pictures or footage of civilian casualties.
"Now more than ever, it's important that the media report the full story, unvarnished and unspun. But all we see on TV are retired military officers and Administration officials narrating a clean and precise war that bears little resemblance to the chaos, bloodshed, and tragedy on the ground."
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More chemical-protection suits found
British military officials said troops found chemical-weapons protection suits when Iraqi infantry abandoned a headquarters facility in the oil fields of southern Iraq, CNN reports.
Adm. Sir Michael Boyce, the chief of British Defense Staff, said in London that coalition forces would "have to ask themselves why Iraqi commanders felt that infantry in this part of Iraq should be issued with weapons of mass destruction equipment and protection."
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