Women and the resurrection

Christ's female followers play a major role in the resurrection story. Either by herself or with one or more other women, Mary Magdalene went to the "tomb" of Jesus and discovered it empty. She is the first to announce that Jesus has been raised. Considering that the first century was no heyday of women, it's surprising that one or more of them had such a prominent part.
In fact they had no such role. Paul, the earliest christian writer, mentioned all those who allegedly saw the resurrected christ. He didn't include any women among them. The story of Mary Magdalene and the tomb was pure invention. Presumably it was conjured up sometime after Paul's letters, which don't mention it, and the first gospel, which does. Scholars maintain that discovery of the "empty tomb" on the third day isn't historical. It's just one of many inventions to fulfill prophecy. Likewise, the "tomb" never existed. As Crossan and Ehrman have noted, Jesus most likely wasn't buried, but ended up as vulture or dog food. The "tomb" was invented to hide this embarrassing truth. But why make up women going to it?
The gospel writers had no choice simply because the male disciples weren't available. Right after the arrest of Jesus, they fled. Not all of them necessarily went back to Galilee but all probably left Jerusalem. Only the women followers remained to witness the fate of christ. The body of their "messiah" was ravaged. Soon, however, Cephas (Peter) and a few others had visions of Jesus. Convinced he had been exalted, they were fired with enthusiasm and determined to convert the world. At least two disciples, Cephas and James, returned to Jerusalem (where Paul eventually met them). They reconnected with the women followers and told them about their fantastic experience and its implication. In light of what they had witnessed, the women probably refused to believe it. How could Jesus have come back to life if he had been ripped apart by dogs? But Cephas and others were convinced they had seen Jesus, alive and in a new, heavenly body. Their view overshadowed the truth. Knowing that women had to be the ones who saw the empty tomb--since the male disciples had fled--the gospel writers portrayed Mary Magdalene as the first to discover and announce the resurrection of Jesus. In two other gospel versions, Joanna and others accompanied Mary to the "tomb." Inconsistent and patently fake, these stories conceal the awful truth.

Newsweek Errors 1973

The October 29, 1973 issue of Newsweek has some interesting but dubious accounts. One, on page 49,  describes a fictitious action on October 14, 1973:
When Egypt attempted to expand its foothold in the Sinai last week, a Pentagon tank expert said the Israelis effectively coordinated their armor and airpower to throw the Egyptians back with heavy losses. "The Israelis outfoxed the Egyptians by opening their tank column into two wings, letting a large number of Egyptian tanks move through, and then attacking the flanks of the Egyptian column from both sides. At times, the Egyptian tanks were firing at each other in the confusion." 
In fact none of the engagements of October 14 were like that.  On that date, Israeli tanks from Kishuf ridge attacked the flank of Egypt's 1st armored brigade. But they struck from only one direction (south) and this occurred during the 1st's retreat, after its failed attack on Hamadia. The Egyptian tanks were not reported to have fired on one another.

The Yom Kippur War mentions another ambush of retreating Egyptians. This happened during the night of October 14-15, near the Giddi pass in the Third Army sector. Again, tanks fired from just one side as Egyptian forces withdrew, and Cairo's tankmen were not confused. Basically the Israelis just repelled frontal attacks on the 14th. They didn't prepare traps in advance that day.
Not even the famous ambush of October 17 fits the description of the action. The Israelis let Egypt's 25th brigade advance into a trap. But again, they attacked only one flank, the right, as the 25th's left was covered by the Bitter lake. There was no "friendly fire" there either.

One battle on the northern front may match the account. Near Red Ridge on the Golan, Israeli forces struck at least one flank of an attacking Syrian brigade. Thrown into confusion, Syrian tanks began shooting at one another. Either the Pentagon expert was ill-informed  about a battle, or a reporter was.
Other errors appear on page 42:
By the weekend, Israel's still-growing army had knocked out more of Egypt's air defenses along a 50-mile stretch of the 101 mile waterway, capturing Fayid and Abu Suweir airfields near the port of Suez and encircling Ismailia.
In fact the Israelis never captured Abu Suweir airfield. They reached the outskirts of Ismailia but didn't encircle it. False reporting reflected the difficulty of keeping up with events. To appear up to date, Newsweek guessed what would happen next. It seemed likely that Israeli units would bypass and surround Ismailia rather than attack it frontally and risk getting bogged down. In the process they would take Abu Suweir to the northwest of Ismailia. Actually, Egyptian forces successfully defended this area while the main Israeli effort was farther south toward Suez.