[GeoPie]

I think that quote may be wrongly attributed to his father. The actual quote is:

"The real losers are the Iraqis. They killed their best friend. They just didn't know it," said Skip Best.

See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/13/wtort113.xml for reference.

As you can see it was a friend of the families that stated that-not his father.

Maybe we should start tracking Actual documented facts and their references and another group of speculated facts. Rumors can take off too easily and the "telephne game effect" can take over. Any suggestions?

[FITZ]

Any suggestions?

No --- except for exactly what you're doing --- pointing out corrections, clarifications, etc as needed. I think we all know that we're speculating --- guessing --- or trying to figure it out and we're reading things on here and it's like you said. But we're not content to wait for CBS or CNN to look into any of this and tell us facts.

[Dolphy]

I read the quote this afternoon and it was clearly attributed to his father. I actually printed it at the office because I was shocked and wanted to show an associate. It isn't a rumor unless the media has wrongly reported it, too many here have heard or read it today from various sources.

[k2blader]

"The real losers are the Iraqis. They killed their best friend. They just didn't know it," said Skip Best.

Thanks for posting. I did a Google on the above quote and only your link shows up.

It's still kinda strange to me that Mr. Best would essentially equate "regular" Iraqis with terrorists. Shouldn't a science teacher (presumably able to think logically) know better?