Posted on 12/04/2007 9:12:04 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Reuters Revives the Bogus Mr. Baghdadi as AQI Spokesman By Mark Finkelstein | December 4, 2007 - 12:07 ET
Can I get an "argh"?
As detailed here, "Abu Omar al-Baghdadi" was long-ago outed as a figment of al Qaeda-in-Iraq's imagination, a transparent attempt to give a home-grown flavor to the foreign-controlled AQI operation by claiming that the non-existent Baghdadi, supposedly an Iraqi, was AQI's leader.
But despite the debunking of the bogus Mr. Baghdadi, the environmentally-sensitive Reuters recycles him today in its story "Al Qaeda-linked leader orders Iraq bombings".
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Reuters revives non-existent al Qaeda spokesman.
Did you mean Al-Reuters?
Any lie they think will do.
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