Iraqi government trying to regain control over Basra

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At least 25 people were killed in Iraq on Tuesday in ongoing heavy fighting between the Iraqi forces and militants in the southern city of Basra.

Sources said that the al-Sadr and Mawani hospitals admitted more than 70 of the injured, most of them Iraqi troops and police officers but also civilians and members of Mahdi militia.

Four militants from the Mahdi Army, a militia loyal to radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, were also among the dead.

Intense fighting was reported in Basra, as the Mahdi Army, attacked a number of security checkpoints.
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Dick just doesn't get it we are not winning this War

[Lasher]

1. Sounds familiar

The Johnson administration employed a "policy of minimum candor" in its dealings with the media. Military information officers sought to manage media coverage by emphasizing stories which portrayed progress in the war. Over time, this policy damaged the public trust in official pronouncements. As the media's coverage of the war and that of the Pentagon diverged, a so-called credibility gap developed.