The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing BUT the Truth?

It is constantly amazing to see so many variants of the truth in the media and on the web here are a few excerpts:

From the BBC

Pakistan's intelligence agency was behind the train blasts in Mumbai in July that killed 186 people, Indian police say.

The attacks were planned by the ISI and carried out by the Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba, based in Pakistan, Mumbai's police chief said.

Then of course there is this - also from the BBC

Pakistan's president has warned the West would be "brought to its knees" without his country's co-operation in the so-called war on terror.

"If we were not with you, you won't manage anything," said President Pervez Musharraf in a BBC Radio 4 interview.

Also from the BBC

Al-Qaeda's number two has called US President George W Bush a "liar" who is losing his war against the network.

In a video published on the Internet, Ayman al-Zawahiri called Mr Bush a "lying failure" and said al-Qaeda was stronger than ever.

Also from the BBC

Veteran US journalist Bob Woodward says he was stunned to be told by the Vice-President Dick Cheney that the veteran former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, -who served Presidents Nixon and Ford during the Vietnam war - was also serving President Bush.

"He's back. In fact Henry Kissinger is almost like a member of the family. If he is in town he can call up and if the President's free he will see him," Mr Woodward said.

He added that Mr Kissinger's message was that victory was the only meaningful exit strategy.

"So fascinating. Kissinger's fighting the Vietnam war again," Mr Woodward added.

Also from the BBC

The Iraqi government has declared an immediate curfew in the capital, Baghdad, to run until Sunday morning.

The move affects both vehicles and pedestrians, a spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister said.

A senior Iraqi military spokesman said the curfew had been introduced due to specific intelligence about a series of planned car bomb attacks in Baghdad.

Also from the BBC

A letter from 1988 in which Iran's top commander says Iran could need a nuclear bomb to win the war against Iraq has come to light in Tehran.

The commander is quoted in the letter, written by the father of the Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, to top officials in the final days of the war.

It has only now been made public - by former President Hashemi Rafsanjani.

The letter seems at odds with Tehran's statements that Iran is not seeking a bomb because it is against Islam.

Who are we to believe and what are we to believe? That is the question.

I don't know about anyone else - but I am naive enough to WANT to believe that when I read the news I am not reading propaganda or bullshit!

Judging from these news clips it is highly debatable whether what I am reading is anything other than propaganda or bullshit!