March 30, 2004
chaos in liberated iraq (link)
http://www.reason.com/hod/nr032604.shtml
"You never hear about most of it because the press never hears about most of it. And if the press wasn't there, it never happened. Baghdad is a huge sprawling city with poor communication, and it is impossible for the press or the occupying army to know what is happening everywhere. We only hear the distant thunder of the explosions or feel the silent change in air pressure."