Saturday, July 07, 2007


Another day, another "misstatement"
Those darn significant kills always confuse me, too.
The U.S. command in Baghdad this week ballyhooed the killing of a key al Qaeda leader but later admitted that the military had declared him dead a year ago.

A military spokesman acknowledged the mistake after it was called to his attention by The Examiner. He said public affairs officers will be more careful in announcing significant kills.

The incident shows the eagerness of the command to show progress in dismantling al Qaeda at a time when Democrats and some Republicans are pressing President Bush to withdraw troops from Iraq. Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander, has declared al Qaeda enemy No. 1 in Iraq.

How many dead second-in-commands does this make? I'm up to 1,078,592.

3 Comments:

At 7:53 PM, Blogger GottaLaff said...

If all the important bad guys are gone, why are we still there?

 
At 2:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

At least the military acknowledged a mistake... more than you can say for the 'nevermistakermaker'.

 
At 3:03 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yeah, makes your head spin. Curled up in the fetal position anyone?

 

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