Associated Press V. Al Jazeera; a showdown over U.S. politics in Iraq

Al Jazeera Article

Associated Press Article

With all I've heard about the anti-American attitude of Al Jazeera I was extremely surprised to see an article almost identical, and perhaps less biased than the Associated Press version.

"The legislation is the first binding challenge on the war that Democrats have managed to execute since they took control of both houses of Congress in January."

This comment from the AP article threw me off because it sounds like the they're making the Democrats out to be incompetent. However, as mentioned in the Al Jazeera article:

"Unlike an earlier version the house passed last month, this bill would not set a firm date for all US combat troops to leave the war. Instead, a nonbinding March 31 date for finishing the withdrawal merely would be a "target"."

The Democratic majority already passed a bill that was an obvious challenge on the war, more so than the current bill, and are now showing a willingness to compromise by passing one with more elbow room for the Bush administration.

Headlines

I thought the different headlines were interesting here. The majority are right on with the news, but there are certainly a few non-opinion (haha) headlines that speculate the veto of Bush (yes, I know he said he would, but regardless I don't think this SF Gate sort of a headline is appropriate).