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[Human Torch]

MEDIA CRITICISM:
The 75% Solution

by Alice Cherbonnier

Four times--at the Republican Convention and in the three presidential "debates," Bush declared that 75% of the al Quaeda leadership had been eliminated. Missing from the media analyses: who, what, when, where, how and why.

http://baltimorechronicle.com/102604Cherbonnier.shtml

On Sept. 30, George W. Bush, during the first presidential debate, stated, "We pursued Al Qaida wherever Al Qaida tries to hide. Seventy-five percent of known Al Qaida leaders have been brought to justice. The rest of them know we're after them." He also said, " isolated--75 percent of his people have been brought to justice." Then, on Oct. 8,he said, "I vowed to our countrymen that I would do everything I could to protect the American people. That's why we're bringing Al Qaida to justice. Seventy five percent of them have been brought to justice." And, on Oct. 13, he said, "I have got a comprehensive strategy to not only chase down the Al Qaida, wherever it exists--and we're making progress; three-quarters of Al Qaida leaders have been brought to justice--but to make sure that countries that harbor terrorists are held to account."

The "75%" claim was also made by Bush during the Republican convention.

As this is an extraordinary claim, wouldn't it be reasonable to expect our "free press" to check it out? Questions that come to mind, that should have been asked and answered in prominent media sources, include:

* How many Al Quaeda leaders, in raw numbers rather than percentages, have been removed from their leadership roles?

* Who are these apprehended individuals?

* How were these individuals identified?

* How were they apprehended?

* Were they formally charged with any crimes? If so, under what judicial system are they being/have they been (Bush's tenses vary) "brought to justice"?

* If still living, where are these individuals now?