New Wave Of Iraqi Bloggers Cover Stories Ignored In The West -- New America MediaWhen thousands in Sulaymaniyah, the second biggest city in the Kurdish region of Iraq, rose up in protests daily for two months this year, American and European media gave the movement and its results only minimal coverage. This was despite security forces having shot numerous protestors, injuring hundreds and killing at least 10.
Iraqbodycount.org reports an average of 11 people are still being killed each day by guns or bombs so far this year. But bombings and shootings in Iraq, especially small-scale daily killings, simply aren’t compelling news anymore in the West.
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My Comment: This is one of the reasons why I started this blog .... to give coverage on war/defense news stories that the media either ignores and/or under-reports. And in answer to some my readers interest on how I found my stories .... reading other blogs (about 20 key ones) is the main source that I now use in finding and developing the 20-25 odd stories that I report everyday in this blog.