Zawahiri 'Letter' Draws Increasing Skepticism

[Bragi]

Zawahiri 'Letter' Draws Increasing Skepticism
By Sherrie Gossett
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
October 18, 2005

(CNSNews.com) - A letter purportedly written by a senior al Qaeda leader -- and said to be authentic by U.S. intelligence officials who released it last week -- may be a forgery, according to Washington analysts who cite numerous anomalies in the text.

Some analysts have gone so far as to label the letter a likely U.S. government "influence operation," which, if exposed, threatens American credibility in the Middle East.

"If this is a forgery, then either it was designed to blow up in the face of the American government; or someone in the 'coalition of the willing' has been caught with their pants down," said one analyst, who spoke with Cybercast News Service on the condition of anonymity.

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Comment: I acknowledge that CNS is a right-wing news service, but sometimes they do carry quite fascinating stories you don't find elsewhere, as with this one.

- B

[tularetom]

1. Bwahahahaha "may be a forgery"

Gee d'ya think? You mean the letter where Zawahiri repeated verbatim the chimps spiel about creating a terrorist operation in Iraq? Nah, no forgery there.

[bemildred]

2. Bwaaahaaahaaaa, "American credibility in the Middle East". nt

[Arkansas Granny]

3. You have identified the oxymoron in that story.

[yellowcanine]

4. Maybe the source of the forgery is also the source of the "yellow cake"

forgery.

[Neil Lisst]

5. It's a complete fraud.

At one point, zawahiri is supposed to be telling Zarqawi to say hello to Zarqawi. Someone missed that typo, obviously created while the letter was being created.

All these found letters are bogus.