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	*Alexander Cockburn, [http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn08182003.html Judy Miller's War], ''Counterpunch'', August 18, 2003		*Alexander Cockburn, [http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn08182003.html Judy Miller's War], ''Counterpunch'', August 18, 2003
	*The Editors, [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0526-15.htm The Times and Iraq], ''New York Times'', May 26, 2004		*The Editors, [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0526-15.htm The Times and Iraq], ''New York Times'', May 26, 2004
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	Despite the widespread condemnation of the report, Gordon has not relented in his campaign against Iran. He first backtracked with two defensive articles, [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0D14FD3C5A0C768DDDAB0894DF404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e Why Accuse Iran of Meddling Now? U.S. Officials Explain] and [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E11FF355A0C758EDDAB0894DF404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e U.S. Says Raid in Iraq Supports Claim on Iran, but Doubts Persist] (27 February), but returned to the 'deadly device' theme on 27 March with the report [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C1EF639540C748EDDAA0894DF404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e Behind U.S. Pressure on Iran, Long-Held Worry Over a Deadly Device in Iraq]. On April 3 the New York Times carried his report, "U.S. Says Arms Made in Iran Were Seized In Afghanistan", followed on 3 July 2007 by another frontpage report co-authored with John Burns, entitled: [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60616FC3E5A0C708CDDAE0894DF404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e "U.S. Says Iran Helped Iraqis Kill Five G.I.'s"]. This was followed by another one on 8 August 2007, entitled: [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/middleeast/08military.html?hp "U.S. Says Iran-Supplied Bomb Is Killing More Troops in Iraq"].		Despite the widespread condemnation of the report, Gordon has not relented in his campaign against Iran. He first backtracked with two defensive articles, [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0D14FD3C5A0C768DDDAB0894DF404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e Why Accuse Iran of Meddling Now? U.S. Officials Explain] and [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E11FF355A0C758EDDAB0894DF404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e U.S. Says Raid in Iraq Supports Claim on Iran, but Doubts Persist] (27 February), but returned to the 'deadly device' theme on 27 March with the report [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C1EF639540C748EDDAA0894DF404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e Behind U.S. Pressure on Iran, Long-Held Worry Over a Deadly Device in Iraq]. On April 3 the New York Times carried his report, "U.S. Says Arms Made in Iran Were Seized In Afghanistan", followed on 3 July 2007 by another frontpage report co-authored with John Burns, entitled: [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60616FC3E5A0C708CDDAE0894DF404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e "U.S. Says Iran Helped Iraqis Kill Five G.I.'s"]. This was followed by another one on 8 August 2007, entitled: [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/middleeast/08military.html?hp "U.S. Says Iran-Supplied Bomb Is Killing More Troops in Iraq"].
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		+	In a June 2008 article, co-authored with [[Eric Schmitt]], Gordon suggested that an Israeli military exercise was a a rehearsal for an attack on Iran.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/washington/20iran.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin U.S. Says Israeli Exercise Seemed Directed at Iran], by Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 20 June 2008.</ref>

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 ==Gordon Does Iran==
-Gordon's campaign against Iran kicked off with a November 28 (2006) article, "Hezbollah Helps Iraq Shiite Army, U.S. Officials Say"[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E11F73B5A0C7B8EDDA80994DE404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e], which predictably quotes an unnamed "Senior American Intelligenci official" accusing Hezbollah, facilitated by Iran, of training Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army. On February 10, the ''New York Times'' again carried a front page story by Gordon; the title this time was "Deadliest Bomb in Iraq is Made by Iran, U.S. Says". While in its mea culpa the ''New York Times'' had faulted Gordon for citing "unidentified senior administration officials", it curiously puts Gordon's new story on the frontpage, despite the fact that all the sources cited in it, once again, remain unnamed.
+Gordon's campaign against Iran kicked off with a November 28 (2006) article, [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E11F73B5A0C7B8EDDA80994DE404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e "Hezbollah Helps Iraq Shiite Army, U.S. Officials Say"], which predictably quotes an unnamed "Senior American Intelligenci official" accusing Hezbollah, facilitated by Iran, of training Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army. On February 10, the ''New York Times'' again carried a front page story by Gordon; the title this time was "Deadliest Bomb in Iraq is Made by Iran, U.S. Says". While in its mea culpa the ''New York Times'' had faulted Gordon for citing "unidentified senior administration officials", it curiously puts Gordon's new story on the frontpage, despite the fact that all the sources cited in it, once again, remain unnamed.
 Alexander Cockburn writes:

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 ==Gordon Does Iran==
-On February 10, the ''New York Times'' again carried a front page story by Gordon; the title this time was "Deadliest Bomb in Iraq is Made by Iran, U.S. Says". While in its mea culpa the ''New York Times'' had faulted Gordon for citing "unidentified senior administration officials", it curiously puts Gordon's new story on the frontpage, despite the fact that all the sources cited in it, once again, remain unnamed.
+Gordon's campaign against Iran kicked off with a November 28 (2006) article, "Hezbollah Helps Iraq Shiite Army, U.S. Officials Say"[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E11F73B5A0C7B8EDDA80994DE404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e], which predictably quotes an unnamed "Senior American Intelligenci official" accusing Hezbollah, facilitated by Iran, of training Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army. On February 10, the ''New York Times'' again carried a front page story by Gordon; the title this time was "Deadliest Bomb in Iraq is Made by Iran, U.S. Says". While in its mea culpa the ''New York Times'' had faulted Gordon for citing "unidentified senior administration officials", it curiously puts Gordon's new story on the frontpage, despite the fact that all the sources cited in it, once again, remain unnamed.
 Alexander Cockburn writes:

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 :What Gordon fails to mention is that over 90 per sent of the IEDs used against US troops in Iraq have been detonated by the Sunni insurgents , who of course are not supplied by Iran. More generally, the prime point of interest of the intelligence briefings given to Gordon and other journalists is the timing. At any point in the past couple of years the US could have gone public with roughly the same accusations.
-Despite the widespread condemnation of the report, Gordon has not relented in his campaign against Iran. Gordon returned to the 'deadly device' theme on March with the report [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C1EF639540C748EDDAA0894DF404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e Behind U.S. Pressure on Iran, Long-Held Worry Over a Deadly Device in Iraq]. On April 3 the New York Times carried his report, "U.S. Says Arms Made in Iran Were Seized In Afghanistan", followed on 3 July 2007 by another frontpage report co-authored with John Burns, entitled: [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60616FC3E5A0C708CDDAE0894DF404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e "U.S. Says Iran Helped Iraqis Kill Five G.I.'s"]. This was followed by another one on 8 August 2007, entitled: [U.S. Says Iran-Supplied Bomb Is Killing More Troops in Iraq "U.S. Says Iran-Supplied Bomb Is Killing More Troops in Iraq"].
+The article was immediately followed up by another frontpage story, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/world/middleeast/12weapons.html?ex=1328936400&en=ec038eb50e4b8536&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss U.S. Says Arms Link Iranians To Iraqi Shiites].
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	:What Gordon fails to mention is that over 90 per sent of the IEDs used against US troops in Iraq have been detonated by the Sunni insurgents , who of course are not supplied by Iran. More generally, the prime point of interest of the intelligence briefings given to Gordon and other journalists is the timing. At any point in the past couple of years the US could have gone public with roughly the same accusations.		:What Gordon fails to mention is that over 90 per sent of the IEDs used against US troops in Iraq have been detonated by the Sunni insurgents , who of course are not supplied by Iran. More generally, the prime point of interest of the intelligence briefings given to Gordon and other journalists is the timing. At any point in the past couple of years the US could have gone public with roughly the same accusations.
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		+	Despite the widespread condemnation of the report, Gordon has not relented in his campaign against Iran. Gordon returned to the 'deadly device' theme on March with the report [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C1EF639540C748EDDAA0894DF404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e Behind U.S. Pressure on Iran, Long-Held Worry Over a Deadly Device in Iraq]. On April 3 the New York Times carried his report, "U.S. Says Arms Made in Iran Were Seized In Afghanistan", followed on 3 July 2007 by another frontpage report co-authored with John Burns, entitled: [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60616FC3E5A0C708CDDAE0894DF404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGordon%2c%20Michael%20R%2e "U.S. Says Iran Helped Iraqis Kill Five G.I.'s"]. This was followed by another one on 8 August 2007, entitled: [U.S. Says Iran-Supplied Bomb Is Killing More Troops in Iraq "U.S. Says Iran-Supplied Bomb Is Killing More Troops in Iraq"].

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==

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 ==Related Articles==
 *Craig Unger & John McArthur, [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/13/154251 New York Times Trumpets Pentagon's Claims Over Iran Sending Bombs to Iraq], ''Democracy Now'', February 13, 2007
 *Greg Mitchell, [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003544369 'NYT' Reporter Who Got Iraqi WMDs Wrong Now Highlights Iran Claims], ''Editor & Publisher'', February 10, 2007

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 ==Gordon Does Iraq==
-With Judith Miller, Gordon wrote the discredited WMD stories, one of which, the Sept. 8, 2002, “aluminum tubes” story, was especially influential since it was used by the Bush Administration to sell its war against Iraq. In a mea culpa after the war, the ''New York Times'' blamed two of the Miller-Gordon articles for its overblown and misleaing coverage of Iraq.
+With [[Judith Miller]], Gordon wrote the discredited WMD stories, one of which, the Sept. 8, 2002, “aluminum tubes” story, was especially influential since it was used by the Bush Administration to sell its war against Iraq. In a mea culpa after the war, the ''New York Times'' blamed two of the Miller-Gordon articles for its overblown and misleaing coverage of Iraq.[http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0526-15.htm]
-After Powell's misleading case for war at the UN, which according to Bob Woodward, was based on evidence the Secretary doubted himself, Gordon wrote: "it will be difficult for skeptics to argue that Washington's case against Iraq is based on groundless suspicions and not intelligence information."
+After Colin Powell's misleading case for war at the UN, which according to Bob Woodward, was based on evidence the Secretary doubted himself, Gordon wrote: "it will be difficult for skeptics to argue that Washington's case against Iraq is based on groundless suspicions and not intelligence information."
 ==Gordon Selling "Surge"==
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 On two successive days in November, the ''New York Times'' gave Gordon its front page for selling the "surge". November 14: "Get Out Now? Not So Fast, Some Experts Say". November 15: "General Warns of Risks in Iraq if GIs Are Cut".On December 4, he tried to preempt the the Iraq Study Group report with another story: "Blurring Political Lines in the Military Debate". On December 7, he wrote another attack on the repot: "Will it Work on the Battlefield?"
-On January 2, he co-authored with John Burns and David Sanger a piece attacking Gen. George Casey, the commander of US forces in Iraq, for espousing a defeatist plan of orderly withdrawal.
+On January 2, he co-authored with [[John Burns]] and [[David Sanger]] a piece attacking Gen. [[George Casey]], the commander of US forces in Iraq, for espousing a defeatist plan of orderly withdrawal.
 Appearing on TV, he fully supported the escalation, saying "I think it's worth one last effort for sure to try to get this right, because my personal view is we've never really tried to win."
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-On February 10, the ''New York Times'' again carried a front page story by Gordon; the title this time was "Deadliest Bomb in Iraq is Made by Iran, U.S. Says". While in its mea culpa the New York Times had faulted Gordon for citing "unidentified senior administration officials", it curiously puts Gordon's new story on the frontpage, despite the fact that all the sources cited in it, once again, remain unnamed.
+On February 10, the ''New York Times'' again carried a front page story by Gordon; the title this time was "Deadliest Bomb in Iraq is Made by Iran, U.S. Says". While in its mea culpa the ''New York Times'' had faulted Gordon for citing "unidentified senior administration officials", it curiously puts Gordon's new story on the frontpage, despite the fact that all the sources cited in it, once again, remain unnamed.
 Alexander Cockburn writes:
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 *Amy Goodman and David Goodman, [http://www.counterpunch.org/goodman05272004.html The Lies of Our Times], ''Counterpunch'', May 27, 2004
 *Alexander Cockburn, [http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn08182003.html Judy Miller's War], ''Counterpunch'', August 18, 2003

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	On February 10, the ''New York Times'' again carried a front page story by Gordon; the title this time was "Deadliest Bomb in Iraq is Made by Iran, U.S. Says". While in its mea culpa the New York Times had faulted Gordon for citing "unidentified senior administration officials", it curiously puts Gordon's new story on the frontpage, despite the fact that all the sources cited in it, once again, remain unnamed.		On February 10, the ''New York Times'' again carried a front page story by Gordon; the title this time was "Deadliest Bomb in Iraq is Made by Iran, U.S. Says". While in its mea culpa the New York Times had faulted Gordon for citing "unidentified senior administration officials", it curiously puts Gordon's new story on the frontpage, despite the fact that all the sources cited in it, once again, remain unnamed.
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		+	Alexander Cockburn writes:
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		+	:What Gordon fails to mention is that over 90 per sent of the IEDs used against US troops in Iraq have been detonated by the Sunni insurgents , who of course are not supplied by Iran. More generally, the prime point of interest of the intelligence briefings given to Gordon and other journalists is the timing. At any point in the past couple of years the US could have gone public with roughly the same accusations.

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-'''Michael R. Gordon''' is the chief military correspondent for the ''[[New York Times]]''. With Judith Miller, Gordon wrote the discredited WMD stories, one of which, the Sept. 8, 2002, “aluminum tubes” story, was especially influential since it was used by the Bush Administration to sell its war against Iraq. In a mea culpa after the war, the ''New York Times'' blamed two of the Miller-Gordon articles for its overblown and misleaing coverage of Iraq.
+'''Michael R. Gordon''' is the chief military correspondent for the ''[[New York Times]]''.
 After Powell's misleading case for war at the UN, which according to Bob Woodward, was based on evidence the Secretary doubted himself, Gordon wrote: "it will be difficult for skeptics to argue that Washington's case against Iraq is based on groundless suspicions and not intelligence information."
-In late 2006, the consisten theme in Gordon's reports was the desirability of an escalation ("troop surge") in Iraq. Appearing on TV, he fully supported the escalation, saying "I think it's worth one last effort for sure to try to get this right, because my personal view is we've never really tried to win."
+==Gordon Selling "Surge"==
 On February 10, the ''New York Times'' again carried a front page story by Gordon; the title this time was "Deadliest Bomb in Iraq is Made by Iran, U.S. Says". While in its mea culpa the New York Times had faulted Gordon for citing "unidentified senior administration officials", it curiously puts Gordon's new story on the frontpage, despite the fact that all the sources cited in it, once again, remain unnamed.