Bush Regime Decides That Their "Iraqi al-Qaeda' Specter Works Better If They Don't Fake His Death

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. . . and just keep pretending he actually exists . . .


BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 16, 2007

Confusion Over Fate Of Iraq Al Qaeda Chief

Spokesman Casts Doubt Over Whether He Was Wounded; Security Push, Bombs Continue In Baghdad

(CBS/AP) Conflicting reports emerged Friday on whether al Qaeda's leader in Iraq was wounded in a gunbattle, as U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed deeper into Sunni militant strongholds in Baghdad — where cars rigged with explosives greeted their advance.

A spokesman said Friday the U.S. military has no indication that the al Qaeda in Iraq leader was killed or wounded in a raid north of Baghdad, while an Iraqi army officer said his deputy has been jailed south of Baghdad for a week.

Earlier, a spokesman for Iraq's interior ministry said the terror leader had been wounded and that an aide was killed.

Chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan says the ministry told CBS News that Iraqi police got into a firefight late Thursday night in a town north of Baghdad. Just outside this town, they believe al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri was wounded and a top aid killed, but they provided no evidence and they wouldn't say if he's in Iraqi custody or not.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/16/iraq/main2484764.shtml

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1. al Qaeda in Iraq,a subsidiary of al Qaeda Inc.

how many Bushes are on their board of directors?

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2. a subsidiary of White House central casting

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3. Is anyone surprised?

...I didn't think so.

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4. I bet he got his leg blown off and is in Tehran growing a new one n/t