[antimedia] antimedia: Oh! Well that makes it....

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Oh!  Well that makes it....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1203656841.shtml


   ....[1]so much less troubling, doesn't it?
   In a blockbuster exclusive, AP reveals that the two female suicide
   bombers who recently murdered almost 100 Iraqis were not Downs
   syndrome sufferers, as was widely reported at the time.

     Lt. Gen. Abboud Qanbar, the chief Iraqi military commander in
     Baghdad, said soon after the attacks that photos of the women's
     heads showed they had Down syndrome, but he did not offer any other
     proof.
     A U.S. military spokesman for the Baghdad area, Lt. Col. Steve
     Stover, also said at the time that medical experts with his
     division had examined the photos and agreed the women probably
     suffered from the genetic disorder. "They were both females and
     they both looked like they had Down syndrome," Stover said on Feb.
     2.
     A cell phone image of one of the heads viewed by The Associated
     Press was inconclusive.
     There was speculation that the heads could have been distorted by
     the blast, leading police initially to believe they had Down
     syndrome.
     On Wednesday, Smith backed away from the claim about Down syndrome
     while responding to a question concerning the psychiatric histories
     of the two bombers.
     "Both had recently received psychiatric treatment for depression
     and/or schizophrenia. From what we know now there's no indication
     that they had Down syndrome," Smith said, citing records obtained
     by the military. (Emphasis mine.)

   Oh, well, I feel so much better about Al Qaeda knowing that the two
   women were only schizophrenic and possibly not suffering from Downs
   syndrome.
   With reporting like this, we will all sleep better at night, knowing
   that the truth will make such a difference in our opinions of Al
   Qaeda.
   Are AP reporters actually born from human parents?
   Tags: [2]AP [3]Downs syndrome [4]correction [5]suicide bombers

References

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