Thanks for your e-mail.
I have noted your concerns and had another look at our story and the source of the material.
The Independent newspaper sourced the reference to "rogue elements" to unnamed Iraqi government officials.
Our story should have clarified this, and we have amended the story to do so.
However, in my opinion the overall context of the story required us to note this aspect. Had we not mentioned these statements by Iraqi officials we would have been accused of suppressing an important aspect of the story.
Regards,
Not sure the GF is satisfied. He should have picked an example that wasn't re-hashed reporting from another source. Anyway, evidently they have done some editing to tone it down and attribute the quote to its unamed source.
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