Prez Relies On Forged Letter (OMG, * cited the fake Zawahiri letter!)

[No Exit]

President Relies on Forged Letter in Today's Speech

by BooMan

Fri Nov 11th, 2005 at 02:26:03 PM EDT

Are you craving more proclamations from the administration based on forged documents (quite possibly) of their own making? Are you having withdrawals from the Niger document fiasco? Never fear. Today the President cited another forged document, a document probably thought up by some half-ass Arabist in some latter day Office of Special Plans. We already know that the myth of Zarqawi is being used to personalize every attack of every civilian target on more than one continent. The myth of Zawahiri's letter to Zarqawi is now being cited as the main justification for staying the course in Iraq. From the President's Veteran's Day speech today:

"In his recent letter, Zawahiri writes that al Qaeda views Iraq as, quote, "the place of the greatest battle." The terrorists regard Iraq as the central front in their war against humanity. We must recognize Iraq as the central front in our war against the terrorists.
Third, these militants believe that controlling one country will rally the Muslim masses, enabling them to overthrow all modern governments in the region and establish a radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia. Zawahiri writes that the terrorists, quote, "must not have their mission end with the expulsion of the Americans from Iraq." He goes on to say the jihad requires several incremental goals -- expel the Americans from Iraq, establish an Islamic authority over as much territory as you can to spread its power in Iraq, extend the jihad wave to the secular countries neighboring Iraq." End quote.

See the evidence that this letter is a rank forgery below the fold. Also, I'll provide some links for how the right-wing wurlitzer is trying to utilize this blatant fraud to buck up support for an endless war on terror:

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http://www2.boomantribune.com/story/2005/11/11/14263/574

The cited "letter from Zawahiri to Zarqawi" was so blatantly false, in it Zawahiri asked Zarqawi to "give my greetings to Zarqawi"! Please see link for full explanation of why the letter was a very obvious fake.

[kenny blankenship]

1. It's not the first time he's shoved forgeries up our noses

the question is, when does he get prosecuted for forgery?

[pauldp]

2. Well that would be in keeping with their favorite tactic

of using a lie to sell a bigger lie. Wouldn't put anything past these bastards.

[No Exit]

3. Can you BELIEVE that he's still doing this???

And still, if not for the likes of Booman Tribune, getting away with it!!!

I like Booman Tribune, but this needs wider circulation. This should be the lead story on Faux News, so that even the knuckle-draggers can hear about it! ("This is a Faux News ALERT...Faux News has received a report that the earth may not be flat...")