White House: "Weeks before September 11th, this is going to play BIG"

[Bluebear]

...But Bush's Republicans hoped the raid would yield political gains.

"I'd rather be talking about this than all of the other things that Congress hasn't done well," one Republican congressional aide told AFP on condition of anonymity because of possible reprisals.

"Weeks before September 11th, this is going to play big," said another White House official, who also spoke on condition of not being named, adding that some Democratic candidates won't "look as appealing" under the circumstances.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060810/pl_afp/britainattacksairline_060810185330

[stray cat]

1. The credit goes to the Brits! What did Bush do?

Except fail to go after Al Queda competently

[loyalsister]

2. "Islamic fascists"

Is that a new term?
Is the idea here to make it mean "Islamic people who commit atrocities," as opposed to a "fascist government in an Islamic country?"