More bogus decapitation stories from Iraq

Grayhawk via Instapundit:

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I'm shocked - shocked I tell you, to read this. I haven't heard of such a thing since the last time the news reported a bogus headless bodies story.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Separate groups of gunmen entered two primary schools in Baghdad on Wednesday and beheaded two teachers in front of their students... *****

"We sent a crew and they spoke with witnesses in front of the school, and they say nothing happened. We spoke to the guard at the school who says 'I was here from early morning until they (the kids) left, and nothing happened," said a representative of one of the agencies.

"We went to both schools and no one confirmed it. We even went to the local police station and they denied it happen. This thing you can't hide. The kids saw nothing,"

Or the time before that...

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Why are the wire service so eager to believe this stuff? Perhaps it fits their agenda of undermining the credibility of the surge, but it appears they are undermining their own credibility more.

Update: AP now admits the initial report was false and probably planted by the enemy in Iraq.