Getting it bass-ack-ward
Don Surber blog
The Reuters headline made it seem as if there were no al-Qaeda in Iraq:
<< “Senior Qaeda figure in Iraq a myth: U.S. military.” >>
Actually, the opposite is the fact.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq is very much the reality. The “insurgency” in Iraq is actually a bunch of foreign al-Qaeda members pretending to be Iraqis. That was according to the No. 1 al-Qaeda official in Iraq, whom the U.S. military captured on July 4.
Here — according to Reuters — is what Brigadier General Kevin Bergner told a news conference in Iraq:
<<< “In his words, the Islamic State of Iraq is a front organization that masks the foreign influence and leadership within al Qaeda in Iraq in an attempt to put an Iraqi face on the leadership of al Qaeda in Iraq.” >>>
Got that? The Islamic State of Iraq group is a Potemkin village of foreign nationals pretending to be Iraqi insurgents.
The insurgency is a fraud. A fake. A phony. Said the general:
<<< “To further this myth, Masri created a fictional head of the Islamic State of Iraq known as Abu Omar al-Baghdadi,” he said.
“To make al-Baghdadi appear credible, al-Masri swore allegiance to al-Baghdadi and pledged to obey him, which is essentially pledging allegiance to himself since he knew Baghdadi was fictitious and a creation of his own,” he said.
“The rank and file Iraqis in AQI believe they are following the Iraqi al-Baghdadi. But all the while they have been following the orders of the Egyptian Abu Ayyab al-Masri.” >>>
The AP version was better, although Jules Crittenden of the Boston Herald took exception.
Of course, Congress fell for this ruse. Hey, anything to deny that we are actually fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Which is why Reuters bent the straight news story like a pretzel.
UPDATE: The left is in denial as it clings — hope against hope — to the notion that there is no al-Qaeda in Iraq, that this is all a hopeless civil war. The New York Times headline:
<< “U.S. Says Insurgent Leader It Couldn’t Find Never Was.” >>
Apparently the copy desk at NYT thinks fictional characters can be caught. NYT:
<<< A larger question is what influence senior Qaeda leaders, believed to be hiding in Pakistan, may have over the operations undertaken by Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. General Bergner said Mr. bin Laden’s group provided guidance and general support. By way of example, he said that three foreign fighters — Khail, Khalid and Khattab al-Turki — were dispatched to Iraq by Al Qaeda to help Mr. Masri strengthen his organization in the northern part of the country. >>>
Seems to me that a nation as large as Iraq with a cadre of torturers and the like now unemployed should be able to launch an “insurgency” without outside help.
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