US cannot explain suspicious Zawahri letter passage
Posted on Saturday, October 15 @ 12:41:16 EDT
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David Morgan, Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials who released a letter purporting to be from an al Qaeda leader to Iraq insurgency leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi this week said on Friday they could not account for a passage that has raised doubts about the document's authenticity.
The July 9 dated letter, which U.S. officials say was written by al Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri, appears near its close to urge the Iraq insurgent leader to send greetings to himself if visiting the Iraqi city of Falluja.
"My greetings to all the loved ones and please give me news of Karem and the rest of the folks I know," says an unedited English translation posted at www.dni.gov, the office Web site of U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte.
"And especially, by God, if by chance you're going to Falluja, send greetings to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," it states.
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http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=23188&mode=nested&order=0In other words, in this "letter from Ayman Zawahiri to Zarqawi", it appears that Zawahiri is asking Zarqawi to send greetings to Zarqawi.
How is Zarqawi supposed to "send greetings" to HIMSELF?
More Bush Regime phony baloney plastic banana goodtime rock and roll.