Posted on 02/12/2004 7:23:35 AM PST by claudwitz
The terrorist courier with a CD-ROM containing a 17-page document and with other messages was Hassan Ghul, who confessed he was taking to Al Qaeda the Ansar document setting forth a strategy to start an Iraqi civil war, along with a plea for reinforcements. The Kurds turned him over to Americans for further interrogation, which is proving fruitful.
The New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins in Baghdad, backed up by Douglas Jehl in Washington, broke the story exclusively (IHT, Feb. 10). Editors marked its significance by placing it on the front page above the fold. Although The Washington Post the next day buried it on Page 17 (and Newsweek may construe as bogus any Saddam-Osama connection) the messages' authenticity was best attested by the amazed U.S. official who told Reuters, "We couldn't make this up if we tried."
(Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...
(The above is an entirely figurative statement and no threat against any presidential candidate is intended or implied.)
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