http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/world/middleeast/03ishaqi.html?_r=1&ref=wikileaks
According to an article written in the New York Times by Michael S. Schmidt, The Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al- Maliki spokesmen announced that their would be a reopening of a 2006 investigation involving United States troops who were considered responsible for the death of an iraqi family in the town of ishadi. This was made possible due Wikilinks making public a dipolomatic cable that a united nations senior officer had basically blackmailed the U.S with his knowledge of what they had down to the family. The name of the United Nation offcial was Philip Alston, and from his written account their had been autopsies done. Apparently five of the victims were nothin more than mere children( age 5 or less). which ironically the military goverment had viewed as nothin but a shameful rumor under false pretest. The ongoing question is rather this latest revelation will put the U.S and Iraq at even more odds or that things will just stay the same as expected.
Aren't you a little bit fed up with Wiki Links always meddling in United State Goverment affairs ? Thier are just some Secrets that should be kept for the benefit and stabaility of the citizens. An investigation has already been done over five years ago on the matter and it can be assured that if another one was to take place once again the result will be the same. Our sole purpose is to bring democracy to the people of Iraq, not to oppress. We are not villians as wikilinks have portrayed us over the last couple of years.
It seems to me that this possible revelation of the United States possibly taking part in the execution of the family over 5 years ago wont really make much of a diffrence really. The only ones really makinga fuse about it is the prime minister himself. Even the father of the family is indiffrent to the revelation, all he wishes is to be dead as well buried along side them. If you ask me the wikilinks have acted in a way like Modern Day Jesuits. And what I mean by that is that they seek the truth and they want those truths to be be spread for everyone to know. While The United States whetehr they are found guilty or not come out to me as being Like the old Catholic church of Martin Luther's time. A corrupted and secretive organazation that has lost sight of what they once were. Just another example of the hero transforming into the villian.
Josh,
ReplyDeletePretty good post. You open it up with a good, fact-based story. Try to define the larger issue: Who is Wikileaks, what do they do, and why is it so controversial?
In your opposing viewpoints paragraph, which you have here, try to find other groups of people, political parties, or authors that oppose your point of view. The way that you have it framed now, it sounds like this is your opinion. And you go on to say, in the end, that you believe that Wikileaks "seeks truth". It is unclear what your true opinion is. So, in your opposition paragraph, state "John Brown and the Republican party argue that..." (example).
You also need to include a couple of pictures with each post. You can just cut and paste them into the text while you're typing.
Thirdly, you need to have a list of the facts that you used, listed at the bottom of your page. Use the facts you found from the NYTimes article.
Overall, you are getting there. It's good to see you writing. You do it pretty well. Be sure to capitalize when you need to (start of a sentence, and with names).
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