[John Valentine]

The report was a bit too politically convenient and was quickly dismissed as a forgery.

This report (perperly called the Habboush al-Tikriti memo)has NEVER been demonstrated to be a forgery although it has been condemnded as a forgery and rumored to be a forgery without an offer of evidence.

The assertions that the document is a forgery flow mainly from one Hassan Mneimneh, an "authority" on Iraqi documents. But, Mneimneh, who stated that the document "probably a forgery" hadn't even seen it.

Frankly, I wouldn't like to see this very intriguing document dismissed except on the basis of forensic analysis.

This has not been forthcoming for the past six months. I can't imagine that the liberal press, so eager to disprove or dismiss all connections between Hussein and al Qaida would not want to conclusively disprove the authenticity of the Habboush al-Tikriti memo.

[piasa]

Funny thing is the press has never had the nads to publish photocopies of anything they claim was a forgery. If it's a fake anyway it shouldn't be all that secret... so they should be able to acquire copies if they wanted to.