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The following is an extract from the above story. Unfortunately your reporting is quoting as fact the Government line - perhaps this is because their propaganda is so highly effective! I have complained to you before about exactly this quote in a previous article so I am beginning to get worried about your neutrality. As this is a criticism I should perhaps balance it by saying that I think that your service is excellent and that BBC News Online is my home page when logging on. > In December 1998, Washington and London launched four days of air > attacks against Iraq after Baghdad failed to co-operate with UN > weapons inspectors. Below is a Reuters version which is more neutral. AP use similar wording. > > > U.N. weapons inspectors have not been in Iraq since a year ago > > > this week, > > > when the United States and Britain launched bombing raids against > > > Baghdad for its alleged failure to cooperate with the U.N. arms > > > commission. Mark Parkinson Cornwall -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full archive and list instructions are available from the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi