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December 16, 2005
fumble, Fumble, FUMBLE
I suppose the only bigger fumble would have been to have captured Osama and let him go. From CNN:
Iraqi security forces caught the most wanted man in the country last year, but released him because they didn't know who he was, the Iraqi deputy minister of interior said Thursday.
Hussain Kamal confirmed that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- the al Qaeda in Iraq leader who has a $25 million bounty on his head -- was in custody at some point last year, but he wouldn't provide further details.
I smell payoff, what do you smell? Sometimes my nose doesn't always work so well though, but I am willing to bet that some cold, hard cash changed hands.
Posted by Chip Spear at December 16, 2005 11:24 AM
Comments
I don't think a payoff could work- I highly doubt al-Qadea has the resources to match the USA's $25 million bounty. I'm guessing one of two things: either he got out because of the incomptence of Iraqi military, or he had religious followers on the inside who let him escape. My money is on the latter.
Posted by: DG at December 16, 2005 12:55 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4431601/
Do you suppose someone bribed Condi to let him go -- three times! -- when the Pentagon had him in its sights? If so, who? And how much did they slip her?
Posted by: Simbaud at December 17, 2005 1:44 AM