Feel free to use this thread to post any new press claims so they can be proven otherwise later. Most of these stories were invented by the US/UK. They seem to produce at least one big lie per day - watch the news for the latest ones.


20 March
"Umm Qasr secured"
truth: fierce fighting was still taking place until the 25th


21 March
"8000 troops from the Iraqi 51st infantry division surrender"
truth: 1 junior officer surrenders


23 March
"Allied troops storm massive chemical weapons factory"
truth: no evidence or confirmation


25 March
"Huge uprising in Basra"
truth:No evidence. Live TV images from inside Basra show quiet city.


26 March
"120 Iraqi armoured vehicles break out of Basra in broad daylight heading south towards the British-held Faw peninsula in what commanders described as an 'offensive posture' "
truth: only 3 vehicles


27 March
"1,000 Republican Guard vehicles heading south to attack coalition forces"
truth: no vehicles meet coalition forces

"British soldiers, Luke Allsop and Simon Cullingworth, executed"
truth:Blair later backtracks. Luke Allsop's sister complains about Blair's propaganda.