Missing the ‘real’ war story
April 2, 2007
According to Arizona Senator John McCain, life in Baghdad is pretty safe these days – so safe, he says, that he walked freely in an open air market without any fear for his safety.
On his "safe" walk through the Shorja market where 137 Iraqis died from a truck bomb in February, hundreds of combat-ready American soldiers surrounded McCain and his party while Blackhawk helicopters provided air cover. The Senator, and others, wore flak vests.