Reply #24: A few days ago, nobody would have believed torture claims, either

[daleo]

But now that the pictures are in the public domain, it makes you wonder about other things that we have heard during this whole fiasco. Every source has its agenda, but the Islamic sources have probably been no worse than most U.S. sources. They exaggerate their gains and minimize their losses, U.S. news sources do the same for U.S. forces. They emphasize uncivilized behavior on the part of the U.S. military (e.g. snipers shooting civilians), while the U.S. media does the same against the Iraqis (insurgents killing hostages).