This has led to contradictory attacks on Mr. Jiang.
He often seemed self-contradictory: he attacked untouchability, for instance, but at the same time he spoke in favor of the caste system, which, according to him, worked well in the past and could be made to do so again in the future.
Mr. Gore accused Mr. Bradley of contradictory behavior, of attacking while complaining of attacks.
The former cruise ship singer, Berlusconi, however, didn't routinely erupt in volcanic anger like Trump, whose contradictory positions and attacks on minorities bring to mind, as Robert Kagan astutely described in The Washington Post, Benito Mussolini.
Earlier in the day, an explosion killed at least eight people in the Sunni majority district of Abu Ghraib, though reports of the attack were contradictory and unclear.
Reports about the attack were contradictory and it was unclear how seriously Mr. Abbassi was hurt; the semiofficial news agency Fars said he was at home and in good condition; earlier reports said he was in the hospital.
Much of what they say is contradictory: 31 of Hamas' attack tunnels have been destroyed, but yes, they acknowledge Hamas can build more.
She also said that "60 Minutes" had always been aware that Davies initially gave a contradictory account of the attack to his employer.
That report was plagued by problems, including obvious conflicts of interest and revelations that its star "witness" to the attack told contradictory tales about his actions the night it unfolded.
The typical signposts – the tactics employed and the targets attacked – offer contradictory evidence and point to the increasing complexity of the threat from jihadist violence.
