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U.S.(Leaky C.I.A.) posts wrong photo of ‘al-Qaida operative’
MSNBC ^ | Jan. 26, 2006 | Lisa Myers

Posted on 01/26/2006 4:05:50 PM PST by BlueJ7

“It's embarrassing,” says NBC News terrorism expert Roger Cressy. “It's a bit of a black eye, but it's not going to have any long-term impact on the CIA or its ability to fight the war on terror.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaida; cia; mootpoint; nationalsecurity; waronterror; waronterrorism; wot

1 posted on 01/26/2006 4:05:52 PM PST by BlueJ7
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To: BlueJ7

Maybe we can dump the CIA and have the NSA pick up the slack.


2 posted on 01/26/2006 4:11:00 PM PST by frankjr (Authentic French rifles for sale. Never been fired, only been dropped twice... so far...)
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To: frankjr
This one?
3 posted on 01/26/2006 4:16:47 PM PST by mirkwood
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To: BlueJ7

The hunt for “Abu Khabab” may now be over. Pakistani intelligence officials say he was killed recently in the Predator missile attack in Pakistan. And that photo on the State Department Web site? It has been replaced with a silhouette.


4 posted on 01/26/2006 4:17:03 PM PST by weegee
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To: weegee; Dog

ping


5 posted on 01/26/2006 4:21:42 PM PST by ARealMothersSonForever
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To: ARealMothersSonForever

Huh?


6 posted on 01/26/2006 4:24:54 PM PST by Dog ( Ayman al-Zawahiri .....Sleeps with the fish's.....enjoy those raisins.)
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To: Dog
The hunt for “Abu Khabab” may now be over. Pakistani intelligence officials say he was killed recently in the Predator missile attack in Pakistan. And that photo on the State Department Web site? It has been replaced with a silhouette.

Fumblefingered me.....

7 posted on 01/26/2006 4:26:55 PM PST by ARealMothersSonForever
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To: ARealMothersSonForever
So they had the wrong photo up....are they the media so desperate they have to pick nits?
8 posted on 01/26/2006 4:29:51 PM PST by Dog ( Ayman al-Zawahiri .....Sleeps with the fish's.....enjoy those raisins.)
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To: Dog

It may be that they have some evidence that indicates it was a different person. I dunno.


9 posted on 01/26/2006 4:43:25 PM PST by ARealMothersSonForever
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To: ARealMothersSonForever
Abu Khabab

Let me guess -- is this Shish's brother?

10 posted on 01/26/2006 4:48:50 PM PST by Alberta's Child (Leave a message with the rain . . . you can find me where the wind blows.)
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