Did WH politicize capture of top al Qaeda leader?
By on Jul 18th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Did WH politicize capture of top al Qaeda leader?
Today, the Bush administration announced that it has arrested the “highest-ranking Iraqi leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.” The announcement comes just one day after the release of the National Intelligence Estimate. Interestingly, as TPM notes, “the capture took place two weeks ago but was not announced until today.”
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Did WH politicize capture of top al Qaeda leader?
Did the sun rise in the east this morning?
Come to think of it, I’m surprised the WH hasn’t tried to politicize the sun rising yet.
July 18th, 2007 at 2:49 pmYes. This has been another edition of easy one-word answers.
July 18th, 2007 at 2:50 pmYa think!?
July 18th, 2007 at 2:50 pmDuh…is there anything the WH doesn’t politicize?
July 18th, 2007 at 2:51 pmLOL they capture an Iraqi cab driver, or goat herder, and call him the top Al-Qaeda guy in Iraq.
July 18th, 2007 at 2:52 pmPolitics is the first and last consideration for every decision by these fools.
July 18th, 2007 at 2:53 pmWhite House politicizing the war? You’ve got to be kidding!
Where will they be taking him? Saudi Arabia? Tehran? Israel?
Perhaps the Bill O show, where he will eat the terrorist alive on Fox.
July 18th, 2007 at 2:53 pmOf course he did…. and?
July 18th, 2007 at 2:55 pmI guess they should release him then, moonbats.
July 18th, 2007 at 2:56 pmCome on, conspiracy nuts. The truth is simple.
July 18th, 2007 at 2:57 pmBushCo had to have an election among all those they have captured to elect one as a “leader” to denounce. Elections take time. They are hard work. Democracy is on the march, you know.
Oh, good. We can go home now.
July 18th, 2007 at 2:58 pmWhen you are going down faster than Mark Foley on Dennis Hastert, you need to do whatever it takes to hold on til the Rapture ‘cums’!
July 18th, 2007 at 2:58 pmWeak, TP. Why would they announce a capture and tip everyone off while they are still trying to leverage intelligence to roll up his network?
July 18th, 2007 at 2:59 pmok so now the war can be over right?
July 18th, 2007 at 2:59 pmYesterday:
President Bush’s top counterterrorism advisers acknowledged Tuesday that the strategy for fighting Osama bin Laden’s leadership of Al Qaeda in Pakistan had failed, as the White House released a grim new intelligence assessment that has forced the administration to consider more aggressive measures inside Pakistan.
Today:
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said he would not declare a state of emergency in face of the mounting bloodshed and claimed that al-Qaida in Pakistan was on the run, his spokesman told The Associated Press.
“Al-Qaida has weakened because of the actions taken by Pakistani forces,” Musharraf was quoted by spokesman Rashid Quereshi as telling newspaper editors.
What a difference a day makes!
July 18th, 2007 at 3:00 pm#13 Weak, TP. Why would they announce a capture and tip everyone off while they are still trying to leverage intelligence to roll up his network?
Comment by TerrytheTurtle
The flaw in your logic is that there is any intelligence in this Cabal!
July 18th, 2007 at 3:00 pmI guess this means no terror attack on US soil now. Sorry Repubs.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:03 pmTip off who, TerrytheTurtle? You mean, no one noticed he was missing?
July 18th, 2007 at 3:03 pm#1 ~ just for you.
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July 18th, 2007 at 3:03 pm“The highest-ranking Iraqi leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been arrested and told interrogators that Osama bin Laden’s inner circle wields considerable influence over the Iraqi group, the U.S. command said Wednesday.â€
And, if I recall, we have had Americans who were POW and gave the name of American baseball players instead of their own names just to throw off the enemy. Couldn’t happen with the al-Qaeda “leader” could it?
July 18th, 2007 at 3:04 pmHoorayy! We got the #2 Guy.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:04 pmNow who’s the new #2 guy?
What the hell about OBL>?
Hey! Was this “top leader” in Iraq the second highest ranking member of AQ?
July 18th, 2007 at 3:04 pmBreaking news from the White House!
July 18th, 2007 at 3:06 pmOur great and valiant leader, GW Bush the Greater allowed the sun to come up this morning.
Every right thinking American should get on his/her knees and thank the leader for allowing us this day.
Actually, they arrested the former “highest-ranking Iraqi leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq”. Now he is non-combatant terrorist prisoner and there is a new “highest-ranking Iraqi leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.â€
July 18th, 2007 at 3:06 pmComment by Mr. President — July 18, 2007 @ 3:00 pm
Come on out, Darryl, and pray for the pissant troll that is stupid enough to believe the Bush administration. Can anyone believe there is actually someone this stupid??
July 18th, 2007 at 3:06 pmIt would be news if BushCo didn’t politicize something, this is just business as usual.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:07 pmHave they caught the #2 guy in Al-Qaeda in Crawford?
July 18th, 2007 at 3:08 pmAn Ivy League Cheerleader at the Pep Fest…
KKKarl & Dirty Dick times this to offset the PR on the filibuster.
Bush is just the cheerleader in the bunch. (The only thing he ever really enjoyed or was successful at.)
Cheer, W, Cheer! Your team’s losing, but go! go! go!
July 18th, 2007 at 3:08 pmIsn’t this the 17th No. 2 guy captured?
July 18th, 2007 at 3:12 pmWhenever the WH is in trouble domestically with things like subpoenas it turns to terror and threats of terror and parades the captured.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:14 pmThis is just all too obvious!
Who cares if they want some PR-loving and recognition, the point is that they’re fighting terror! Sometimes, people like to talk about themselves. It’s perfectly normal.
Leftinites….gotta laugh at their stupidity.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:14 pmProbably the Top Al Queda leader’s house-boy.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:14 pmTheir not fighting terror. If they were we would have captured or killed Bin Laden years ago.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:16 pmI just can’t help thinking that it is a lie, when liars constantly lie then everything they say you have to assume is a lie.
Mr. P(rick), it is amazing just how stupid you can be day after day, you have a good supply of stupid pills.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:16 pmMake that They’re
July 18th, 2007 at 3:16 pmWhenever the WH is in trouble domestically with things like subpoenas it turns to terror and threats of terror and parades the captured.
This is just all too obvious!
You are absolutely right. This is just so blatantly transparent.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:17 pmOlbermann has said it the best with his “Nexus of Terror timeline”.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/06/04/olbermann-the-nexus-of-politics-and-terror-2/
Black and white, plain and simple, as concrete as it gets.
The only thing this administration is fighting is the US Constitution.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:17 pm(A)
July 18th, 2007 at 3:18 pm(C) — CONSPIRACY GENERATOR (w/CD), only $79.95 for a limited time.
(E)
JG- Read it. It’s eye opening.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:19 pmOh and CT_V1 you stupidity goes without saying….have you had your Butt Slush Slurpy today? Idiot.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:19 pm“Today, the Bush administration announced that it has arrested the “highest-ranking Iraqi leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.â€
So what. Someone is already there to take his place.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:19 pmThis is very good news. I only hope they keep having this great success against AQ in Iraq. The moment we make it easy on AQ in Iraq is the moment we start the fight with AQ in New York city again. I am assuming we are all supporting out troops great effort on this one. No one wants AQ attacking our wives and grandparents on American streets afterall.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:20 pmA)
(C) — CONSPIRACY GENERATOR (w/CD), only $79.95 for a limited time.
(E)
Comment by CT_V1 — July 18, 2007
July 18th, 2007 at 3:20 pmActually, that’s funny.
Comment by Buck Fush — July 18, 2007 @ 3:19 pm
Typical lefty ignorance. Every administration will “politicize” their accomplishments, dumbf*ck.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:25 pmMy top 2 most important need-to-see videos for all Americans who still need a wakeup call and call to action:
Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment: You ceased to be the President of the United States
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/07/03/keith-olbermanns-special-comment-you-ceased-to-be-the-president-of-the-united-states/
Bill Moyers Journal on PBS:
July 18th, 2007 at 3:26 pm“Bill Moyers gets perspective on the role of impeachment in American political life from Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, who wrote the first article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, and THE NATION’s John Nichols, author of THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT.â€
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07132007/profile.html
Comment by Mr. President
Besides the Senate, do you know of any other convenient locations where the lefties can put in their surrender papers?
July 18th, 2007 at 3:27 pmSpeaking of politicization, check out this scary exec order discussed today on Thom Hartmann, issued yesterday by Bush.
Would this allow BushCo to seize, for example, assets of producers and copies of the film No End In Sight mentioned here the other day?
I urge you to write your senators and reps about this. It is way over the top.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:27 pmKarl Rove has made all his staff read Niccolo Machiavelli.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:27 pmJust because you don’t believe in conspiracy doesn’t mean they’re not conspiring.
leftcoast, I’m sorry, I missed something.. Read what?
July 18th, 2007 at 3:28 pmJG- from crooks and liars.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:30 pmYeah – Al Queda in Iraq has an intelligence agency. Prolem is, they can’t watch TV, ’cause there’s no power. They have no money, so even if there was a newpaper that carried press releases from Ut US gov., they couldn’t afford a copy.
We aren’t fighting a major power, here.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:31 pmNo one wants AQ attacking our wives and grandparents on American streets afterall.
Comment by Roger_Roger — July 18, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
Or dem BEE PEOPLE either!
July 18th, 2007 at 3:31 pmComment by Mr. President
Besides the Senate, do you know of any other convenient locations where the lefties can put in their surrender papers?
Comment by CT_V1
July 18th, 2007 at 3:31 pmThe image is not pretty. I’m sure someone will accomadate you.
Frankly, Americans need to read “Propaganda” by Edward Bernays (written in 1928) to help them to understand how easy it is for these guys to play the public and sell them whatever they need to in order to control public perception and opinion. THAT was a scary book for me.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:31 pmI would guess Karl Rove keeps a copy of this on his desk.
This is so obvious it doesn’t even deserve to be a question. It should simply read: “WH politicized capture of top al Qaeda leader”
July 18th, 2007 at 3:32 pmCT_V1 did I say polictize? Asswipe. No, Iiars that lie constantly, you little subhuman prick.
Why are you so incredibly stupid? Oh yeah, your parents fault, brother and sister shouldn’t marry, but guess they do in your neck of the woods.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:32 pm#44 Comment by Roger_Roger
Al Qaeda in Iraq has no association with 9/11. Perhaps you mean Al Qaeda in Pakistan – you know, the Bin Laden group. The one we aren’t going after.
AQI has no operational ties to Osama’s AQ. Our own intelligence makes it clear that AQI is not threat to US soil.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:34 pmAt this point, my question is: “Did “top al-Qaeda leader” capture politicized by WH actually occur?”
July 18th, 2007 at 3:35 pmJG- “Manufacturing Consent” by Chomsky scared me.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:36 pmA little stiff with the lefty propadanda there, huh Mr. Bum Fook?
I take it that you’re so smart, you have nothing to offer besides redneck stereotypes.
Al-Qaeda pee, Buck Fush’s slurpee of choice.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:39 pmAbu al Schmabu had a “Dear Osama” letter conveniently tucked into his Al Qaeda issued ruck-sack.
-GSD
P.S. Roger-Roger, the only people yearning for another attack on America are those Bush cultists eager to run around saying ‘I told you so’. That’s who.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:41 pmCT_V1-
July 18th, 2007 at 3:42 pmI apologize. It was just a poor attempt at levity here.
President Karl W. Cheney does nothing without politicising it.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:43 pmCT_V1 – (supreme idiot)
July 18th, 2007 at 3:44 pmJust making you face reality, that you are just that, a backwards, scum sucking, knuckle dragging, neanderthal. And your stupid little grade school insults are….well, grade school….oh wait you never made it out of grade school, no wonder.
Mr. President and CT_V1: looks like a two-troll circle jerk.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:49 pmComment by Buck Fush — July 18, 2007 @ 3:44 pm
Keep the rage a comin’ there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of topic, though, I think you cool, man. That’s right, I said you’s cool.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:50 pmComment by J Lewd — July 18, 2007 @ 3:49 pm
You cool, man. You cool.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:51 pm“The highest-ranking Iraqi leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been arrested and told interrogators that Osama bin Laden’s inner circle wields considerable influence over the Iraqi group, the U.S. command said Wednesday.â€
And why not trust statements from the US Command? Next thing you will tell me is that Jessica Lynch didn’t fight off insurgents single handedly while wounded or that Pat Tillman wasn’t killed in a firefight with the enemy, but by friendly fire. Sheesh…sarcasm off.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:53 pmMr. President has ‘homework”?
July 18th, 2007 at 3:53 pmWell, while he’s gone may I just say that (speaking for Mr. P):
“Hi, I’m Mr. President. I am in need of enormous attention. Thank you all for being my mommy.”
Ignore the trolls. You risk being dragged down to their level and looking as stupid as they look.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:56 pmCT_V1, hey, no being nice now….I react politely to nice, you’re not playing fair. LOL
July 18th, 2007 at 3:56 pmComment by leftcoast
He has to complete his Philosophy degree sometime.
You’re cool, leftcoast. You cool.
July 18th, 2007 at 3:58 pmLet’s see if CT_Vn disappears at the same time Mr Pee does…
July 18th, 2007 at 3:58 pmK people, if you don’t ack skeered the Bush admin will call an orange\red ‘terra’-ist alert out at the airports and all flights will be delayed etc….
Come on people…you know the drill, ack skeered or be held over till next flight comes…
July 18th, 2007 at 3:58 pmComment by RUCerious — July 18, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
You cool man, you cool.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:01 pmI’m bored.
I could really go for some Harriet Miers in handcuffs right now.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:01 pmComment by Egreggious — July 18, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
Harriet Miers should have been selected the first woman President of Harvard!
July 18th, 2007 at 4:05 pmHarriet Miers should have been selected the first woman President of Harvard!
Comment by CT_V1 — July 18, 2007 @ 4:05 pm
Then she could have claimed Harvardian Privilege.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:12 pmYeah – Al Queda in Iraq has an intelligence agency. Prolem is, they can’t watch TV, ’cause there’s no power. They have no money, so even if there was a newpaper that carried press releases from Ut US gov., they couldn’t afford a copy.
We aren’t fighting a major power, here.
Comment by Marcus Aurelius — July 18, 2007 @ 3:31 pm
Doesn’t invalidate my point. The last thing you do when you catch someone in a spy network is trumpet it immediately from the ‘rooftops’, TV etc. Word of mouth would spread slowly and there would be a chance to catch more people before they realized they were ‘blown’. Basic counter-intelligence. Not disputing the point that the admin manages news timing – this is still generally weak.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:13 pmWould that be the prestigious Harvard Institute for the Criminally Insane?
July 18th, 2007 at 4:13 pmImagine how much more information they might have discovered if they waited another 2 weeks or 2 months to announce the capture.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:16 pmGod are you guys pathetic.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:27 pmFirst off, there is no God. Second, yes, the right wing trolls are pathetic.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:33 pmActually, the guy is a key leader in Al Gayda. He was planning next year’s Pride Parade when we busted him. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:35 pmWell, it certainly wouldn’t surprise me; it’s all part of a pattern: the Bush administration politicised Pat Tillman’s death, Jessica Lynch’s rescue, Saddam Hussein’s capture…. all of which were conveniently spun, re-written, scripted, covered up -depending on what the administration needed at the moment.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:39 pmI saw on CNN that this terrorist we’ve captured has direct ties to Osama bin Laden. You know, that one guy who’s trail has been “stone cold” for two years… as of last September.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/09/AR2006090901105.html
Politicized? More like “aggrandized.”
And if this story doesn’t stink of horsesh|+, then we need to get some spy agencies that can find a rat on the rocks because the ones we’ve got demonstrably can’t.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:45 pmThen she could have claimed Harvardian Privilege.
Comment by Egreggious
That Havardi is some good cheese, too.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:45 pmSo how many times have we now captured the “top Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq”??? Seems to me this happens every time the administration needs a boost for their side.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:49 pm#
So how many times have we now captured the “top Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq�?? Seems to me this happens every time the administration needs a boost for their side.
Comment by missmolly — July 18, 2007 @ 4:49 pm
July 18th, 2007 at 4:54 pmAnd every time, it fails to distract, and makes them look even worse.
Republicans didn’t care jack about terrorism until 9/11 happened on their watch.
Then they found out they could get votes with terrorism. Now they’re madly in love with it and can’t stop talking about it for an instant.
Not the bombing of abortion clinics, of course. That’s not terrorism–just white guys expressing strong opinions.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:54 pmThis is very good news. I only hope they keep having this great success against AQ in Iraq. The moment we make it easy on AQ in Iraq is the moment we start the fight with AQ in New York city again. I am assuming we are all supporting out troops great effort on this one. No one wants AQ attacking our wives and grandparents on American streets afterall.
Comment by Roger_Roger — July 18, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
WHY do people still believe this load of crapola? Do people honestly believe that picking off soldiers one by one in Iraq is more appealing to terrorists bent on the destruction of America than blowing up a building here? We are not containing Al Qaeda in Iraq, nor are our actions there preventing them from planning and executing further acts of terrorism. If anything, we are fanning them with a bellows.
I won’t even get into the silliness of the idea that AQ would especially target wives and grandparents.
July 18th, 2007 at 5:00 pmDid WH politicize capture of top al Qaeda leader? Say it ain’t so!
July 18th, 2007 at 5:21 pm“Then they found out they could get votes with terrorism. Now they’re madly in love with it and can’t stop talking about it for an instant.”
Comment by Perry Logan — July 18, 2007 @ 4:54 pm
That sounds awfully familiar. What does that remind me of? Hmmm…(thinking)…I got it! Joe McCarthy and communism! And he didn’t care about the lives he ruined — just as long as his political star kept rising.
Like a fairy tale, it had a happy ending. American eventually saw McCarthy for what he was. The same thing will happen to today’s fearmongers.
July 18th, 2007 at 5:26 pmGuess the Shrub was saving this big information for a moment when he needed it most? Besides, he couldn’t get OBL when he knew exactly where he was located, why bother to trump up this accolade and pat himself on the back now? He failed….doesn’t he get it?
To this new capture, all I can honestly say is: Big Deal! Big *ucking deal!
July 18th, 2007 at 6:28 pmJG: Regarding Olberman’s classic – You ceased to be the President – and Bill Moyers specials – all great and noteworthy (not to mention based on Truth). Thanks for providing the links – always appreciated so we can spread it around.
July 18th, 2007 at 6:31 pmi wasn’t able to listen to her whole rant, but
rachel maddow is on the story of
“U.S. military spokesman Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner”…
she spelled out several instances of this guy’s tricks…
like announcing recently another capture of a top leader,
July 18th, 2007 at 6:48 pmexcept it was also announce last year…
(something like that)…
…
And how many tv news anchors and mainstream newspapers reported that he was actually caught two weeks ago?
July 18th, 2007 at 7:16 pmHow many times must we endure this criminal cabal in the White House play us for fools?
Bush is a dimwit, but when he manages to fool the people as often and as predictably as he does, who is the fool?
Did WH politicize capture of top al Qaeda leader?
Is the Pope catholic?
Do bears sh*t in the woods?
July 18th, 2007 at 9:37 pmLooks to me like they have “captured: so many top Al Qaeda leaders over the past few years that Al Qaeda is all but decapitaded…
Does anyone believe anything that comes out of the WH or any GOP mouth?
July 18th, 2007 at 9:39 pm>The last thing you do when you catch someone in a spy network
assuming they really did catch anyone at all. I remember awhile back, someone caught them claiming they had killed the same person twice.
personally, I think the vast majority of the time, they fabricate this stuff from whole cloth and make sure whatever “intelligence” they received just so happens to support some stupid claim their making.. Has anyone trustworthy even ever actually seen on of these messages they claim to have intercepted between Iraq and Pakistan?
July 19th, 2007 at 2:40 amhttp://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq19jul19,0,886772.story?coll=la-home-center
July 19th, 2007 at 5:34 am