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J-W Wire Reports, April 9 2004

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Anonymous (J-W Wire Reports). "Iraqi violence worsens; 13 foreigners kidnapped." Lawrence Journal-World (Lawrence, KS: Lawrence Journal-World; http://www.ljworld.com. April 9 2004): http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/166783.

Message Unit 1 - an example of patriotized history

core myths: self-defense/nonaggression myth				unpatriotized history: The US attacked and conquered Iraq and now kills any Iraqi who fights against US troops in Iraq; this is the antithesis of Iraqi security.
message (of patriotized history): Iraqi security is being harmed by insurgency, not by the US.		patriotic change (of history): attack-response reversal
technique: transparent redefinition
text: ... insurgency further threatened shaky Iraqi security ...

Message Unit 2 - an example of patriotized history

core myths: self-defense/nonaggression myth				unpatriotized history: If Iraqis fight for the US, they are not confronting the violence. If Iraqis fight against the US, they are confronting the violence. The US attacked Iraq; the Iraqis didn't attack the US.
message (of patriotized history): If Iraqis fight for the US, they are confronting the violence. If Iraqis fight against the US, they are not confronting the violence.		patriotic change (of history): attack-response reversal
technique: transparent redefinition
text: The spiraling violence, which began Sunday, raised questions about whether Iraqi police and security forces would confront the violence ...

Message Unit 3 - an example of patriotized history

core myths: self-defense/nonaggression myth				unpatriotized history: If Iraqis fight for the US, they are not trying to quell the violence. If Iraqis fight against the US, they are trying to quell the violence. The US attacked Iraq; the Iraqis did not attack the US.
message (of patriotized history): If Iraqis fight for the US, they are trying to quell the violence. If Iraqis fight against the US, they are not trying to quell the violence.		patriotic change (of history): attack-response reversal
technique: transparent redefinition
text: While many police officers have fought alongside U.S. troops to quell the urban unrest, others have ceded their stations, vehicles and weapons to the insurgents.

Message Unit 4 - an example of patriotized history

core myths: self-defense/nonaggression myth				unpatriotized history: The US attacked Iraq, not the other way around. People who fight the US in Iraq are responding to the US violence.
message (of patriotized history): In Iraq, violence is when someone fights against the US.		patriotic change (of history): attack-response reversal
technique: transparent redefinition
text: There also were concerns about whether the largely passive Shiite majority would remain peaceful and shun al Sadr's attempts to enlist them against the Americans.

Message Unit 5 - an example of patriotized history

core myths: self-defense/nonaggression myth				unpatriotized history: Iraq has been in the hands of the US, a foreign country that recently conquered it. Now some Iraqis are fighting back and trying to take areas of their country away from the US.
message (of patriotized history): Iraq was in the hands of the people it belongs to normally, but now it is getting into the hands of people to whom it doesn't belong.		patriotic change (of history): attack-response reversal
technique: transparent redefinition
text: Iraqi insurgents fought U.S. troops in Fallujah and held sway over all or part of three southern cities in the worst violence ... ... ... parts of central Iraq where Shiite militiamen hold positions that were supposed to be under the control of troops from Poland, Spain, Ukraine and other nations participating in a U.S.-led military coalition. ... ... plans to reassert control of cities overtaken by members of al Sadr's Mahdi Army and other armed Shiite groups.

Message Unit 6 - an example of patriotized history

core myths: self-sacrifice myth				unpatriotized history: For the governments of other countries, helping the US with its project in Iraq is a gainful act of self-service.
message (of patriotized history): For the governments of other countries, to help the US with its project in Iraq is a costly act of self-sacrifice.		patriotic change (of history): US preference reversal
technique: transparent redefinition
text: ... whether US allies would stay the course.

Message Unit 7 - an example of patriotized morality

core position: pro-US				unpatriotized position: In an unpatriotized news article, the author would not tell the reader that gains for one side are a good thing, and would certainly not tell the reader that gains for the aggressor are a good thing and gains for the resistance are bad.
message (of patriotized morality): It is a good thing if the US makes gains in Iraq. It is a bad thing if the people who fight the US make gains in Iraq.		patriotic change (of morality): preference-news shift
technique: transparent redefinition
text: ... violence worsens ... ... ... worst violence ... ... Still, U.S. administrators insist they are making both political and military progress.

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