Well I'm sure we know more than we've been letting on, since there has been dead (pun intended) silence out of the Bush folks...which brings up an interesting piont I will get to in a minute. But, my guess is we have been having a field day monitoring the AQ chatter. I am certain we know a lot about who died and probably know who was removed.
Now for the interesting part.....everyone always seems to think Bush is dumb...well, my guess is we pretty much knew all along that we nailed some big chiefs and this is the best part about Bush. I think he plays the best damn poker in Washington. Look at how often the press or the Dems rant about something, only to be embarrassed later on. If they knew who was likely to be killed, it must have been wonderful sport to sit in the White House and watch all the "we killed 18 'civilians'" stuff go on in the MSM.
Just wondering what we really know.....
What is also very curious is the reaction of the Dems. Right from the start there was virtually no criticism, and even some support (e.g. Bayh). Some Dem tipped off the other Dems that to criticize this one would hand the Republicans a big campaign issue.
Most terrorist ARE civilians but, Not innocents!