OPINION Battle of Nasiriya and Nicolae Ciucă. Who lied: MapN or Recorder?

The Battle of Nasiriyah, or Nassiriya, or Nasiriya in Iraq has become a damaging new moment in the presidential election campaign. A press group (recorder.ro) presented a video with the interviews of two senior reserve officers from the Italian army who dispute the performance of the Romanian troops in Iraq. Led by Lt. Col. Nicolae Ciucă in 2004. In a few words, Recorder presented the events of 2004 as moments of quasi-cowardice of the Romanian …