Which, of course, explains why the MSM is determined to cast as much doubt on it as possible.
Well regardless of it's authenticity I am sure the Jihadist of foreign blood, local Jihadist, Sunni Ba'athist Saddamist supporters that continue to be captured, chased from their hiding holes with no place to run, and put in the ground to pop up as daiseys could care less about what the letter said as they are getting their hides seared. The gig is soon to be up for these folks. It was different some six months back and previous when there where not trained Iraqi forces of all types to fully occupy all the Al Anbar towns and cities along the river plane. And as the Iraqi people continue to make phone calles as to where they are holed up they shall have more JDAMS dropped on their miserable sheetheads. But obviously it would be a shame if this breeds new fuel for the L/MSM to wade in on. To damn many Americans still don't have a clue as how the insurgency is being taken out.
Personally I hope it's valid, but even if not, what of it? Excellent psyops and propaganda effort.
Al Qaeda: Letter is a U.S. fake
Fox News and Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt — A posting on an Islamic Web site Thursday accused the United States of fabricating a letter in which Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader asked for money and laid out the terrorist group's plans for expanding the insurgency in the Middle East.
"We in Al Qaeda declare that there is no truth to these claims, and they are baseless, except in the imagination of the politicians of the Black [White] House," according to the statement on a Web site known as a clearing house for Al Qaeda material.
The statement was signed Abu Maysara, who claims to be spokesman for Al Qaeda in Iraq. It could not immediately be authenticated.
"We call on Muslims not to pay attention to this cheap propaganda and to remember that the media will always be the infidels' sole weapon until the end of the battle," the statement said.
Riiiiiiiiiiight.....
Let me see if I have this straight. Al Qaeda denies it; therefore there's legitimate reason to doubt Negroponte?
BS!!
Too late...(hee hee hee)
Ah!
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.
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.
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.
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.