Fanning the Flames: Reuters Makes the News

At first glance it seemed that all the middle eastern media were ablaze with reports of Sunni intransigence following the successful Iraqi election last Sunday. Supposedly, unnamed Sunni clerics have declared the election "illegitimate".

Gulf Daily News
BAGHDAD: Leading Sunni clerics declared yesterday that any government emerging from Iraq's historic election would lack legitimacy because many people had boycotted a poll they said was tainted by a US-led occupation.

Daily Star (Lebanon)
BAGHDAD: Leading Sunni clerics declared yesterday that any government emerging from Iraq's historic election would lack legitimacy because many people had boycotted a poll they said was tainted by a US-led occupation.

China Daily
Iraqi Sunni clerics: Election lacked legitimacy
Leading Sunni clerics declared on Wednesday that any government emerging from Iraq's historic election would lack legitimacy because many people had boycotted a poll they said was tainted by a U.S.-led occupation.

But all the stories are from the same source...

Reuters
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Leading Sunni clerics have declared that any government emerging from Iraq's historic election would lack legitimacy because many people had boycotted a poll they said was tainted by a U.S.-led occupation.

...and Reuters credibility and motivations are coming under increasing assault from the blogosphere, notably here: The Obsidian Order.

The Dread Pundit Bluto doesn't trust unnamed sources, especially from Reuters.