Friday, May 05, 2006

Fox's Baier falsely claimed report found 250,000 Iraqi troops "leading operations"

On Fox News' Special Report, Pentagon correspondent Bret Baier falsely claimed that a new report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, found that "more than 250,000" Iraqi troops "are leading operations" in Iraq. In fact, the SIGIR report did not address the number of Iraqi troops "leading operations." A Pentagon report, however, suggests that the number is far lower than Baier claimed. Read more

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