Doubts Are Mounting On Al Qaeda Letter Aired by Negroponte

NY Sun ^ | October 17, 2005 | ELI LAKE

[BlackVeil]

"Some of us think there is a possibility that a foreign intelligence service may have faked it," one administration source said.

Ah!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Maybe its a double-double fake out ?
Its real, but the administration wants it to be seen as a fake to cover how it was collected, but yet it contains enough information to prove up amongst a few AQ leaders, who might be disposed to make certain moves, etc., etc.

[neverdem]

Revealed: More skinny on the NY Sun

The Sun's editorial team is headed by two veterans of The Forward, the New York-based Jewish weekly newspaper, Seth Lipsky and his protégé, Ira Stoll. Lipsky founded The Forward but was forced out by the board of directors, which disliked his conservative political views. After following Lipsky out, Stoll founded SmarterTimes.com, a web site dedicated to pointing out errors of fact and evidence of political bias in The New York Times.

They have said that the Sun's editorial stance will be "neoconservative," and a list of contributors released yesterday certainly confirms that.

Among the editorial page contributors is Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan, a frequent Wall Street Journal contributor and author of "When Character Was King: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan" and "The Case Against Hillary Clinton."

There’s also R. Emmett Tyrell Jr., founding editor of The American Spectator, the conservative political magazine which made its name digging up dirt, authentic and otherwise, on President Clinton.

Tyrell will write a column on the presidency titled "The Bully Pulpit."

Other editorialists include John P. "Fipp" Avlon, chief speechwriter for ex-New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and "outspoken conservative" Alicia Colon.

The paper will carry columns by Amity Shlaes, author of "The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy and What To Do About It," who writes for the Financial Times, and Barbara Amiel, who writes for the Daily Telegraph of London. Amiel is married to Canadian newspaper baron Conrad Black, one of the Sun's investors.

The Sun’s features will include a column for bridge enthusiasts written by Bear Stearns chairman James E. Cayne and Michael Ledeen, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.

[Zack Nguyen]

"Some of us think there is a possibility that a foreign intelligence service may have faked it," one administration source said.

It's those crazy Frenchies, at it again!

Seriously, which foreign intelligence service would fake it, and why? It's not as if Zawahiri/Zarqawi come off looking particularly good. If there is an agenda here, I know too little about how these folks really write to find it.

[samtheman]

So ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, NYT, WAPO, Al Jezera and Al Qaeda are all agreed. The letter is a fake.

[FairOpinion]

If only the MSM would have examined Bush's forged Natioanl Guard records with such diligence...

Just goes to show you, they rather believe Al Qaeda.

[denydenydeny]

The full story tends to belie the inflammatory headline. One comes away from the full article even more convinced of the letter's authenticity, not less.

When asked about the recent statement from Mr. Zarqawi, Mr. Nematt pointed out that no such denial has yet been issued by the letter's alleged author. "Zawahiri has Web sites, too," he said.

Exactly.

[FreedomCalls]

I just downloaded it and printed it out. Tomorrow I'll drive over to the Abilene, find the Kinko's, and fax it to CBS. They will never for one moment doubt it authenticity then!

[prairiebreeze]

people who speak the language

Well, you're new here. Are you talking about the lamestream media and many of their pundits who want to see us fail in Iraq at any and all costs? Or Are you talking about al Qaeda?

Let's suppose it's fake for the moment, although I think it probably isn't. We know Zarqawi and Zawahiri watch our news. What must they feel when American media carries stories of Zawahiri asking Zarqawi to send him money? What do you think Zarqawi thinks of being publically spanked by Zawahiri regarding the beheadings?

[sgtyork]

Look, this is real simple. Let Zawaheerie appear live on a local (Pakastani/Afghan/Iranian) television station and tell us that it isn't his letter.

Then we can play guided munitions and islamofacists.

[pawdoggie]

Look, this is real simple. Let Zawaheerie appear live on a local (Pakastani/Afghan/Iranian) television station and tell us that it isn't his letter.

Good point. The mere fact that it was "Al Qaeda in Iraq", and not the home office in Pakistan, which issued the semi-belated denial is proof enough of authenticity (however much the Left in this country may wish to spin this). This is Zarqawi's way of telling Zawahiri/Bin Laden to get stuffed, without airing the dirty laundry in public.

[KC_Conspirator]

I see no evidence whatsover that its a forgery. This is just leftwing, nutjob, moonbat, wacko liberalism that probably fostered on some hate America, hate Bush website or blog. They have been doing this since Dan Rather was rightfully exposed for the fraud that he was. I remember they accused Bush of having something in his jacket at one of the debates and now there is this type of nonsense.