A new National Intelligence Estimate will be released today at 11am EST

[WilliamPitt]

Any bets on the content?

Will those already-public snippets warning of impending doom, leaked last week from the report to cover the ass of Chertoff's gut, lose their power to frighten when read in the context of the main? Is Al Qaeda the "main enemy" in Iraq?

Will there be anything - a chapter, page, paragraph, sentence, word or telltale smudge of ink - will there be anything in this report detailing the presence of Saudi Arabian fighters in the ranks of Iraq's Sunni militias?

Might we find within this report some mention, even if only in haiku, of the Saudi-donated money that bought shoulder-fired missiles for those Sunni militias in Iraq?

Will the report lay out the exact number of American helicopters that have been blasted out of the sky since the last NIE?

Will the report likewise tally the exact number of American troops who were killed when those helicopters went down, along with the number of Americans maimed, plus the number of civilians killed and maimed by flaming chunks of helicopter crashing down into their homes and stores and streets and schools?

I'd like to see that tally.

I'd like to know, after the tally is complete, how many of those American helicopters were shot down with missiles provided to Sunni militiamen by Saudi Arabia.

How many American soldiers have been killed in Iraq by Saudi money, Saudi networks for weapons smuggling, Saudi-bought missiles fired from Saudi-bought launchers, and Saudi militiamen packing AK's. How many?

I wonder if that will be in the report. Maybe Lieberman knows. That Iran "bill" of his was brimming with reports of all the Americans killed by Iran and/or Iranian influence. Do you think Joe knows how many American soldiers have been killed by Saudi Arabia? Someone should ask him.

They're our allies, after all, those Saudis.

So...when do we bomb Iran again?

:banghead:

The NYT says the report will pop here first:

http://www.dni.gov/

Enjoy. :grr:

He, it could be in there. Who knows, right?

[babylonsister]

1. I imagine we'll be told Al Qaida is coming to get us, and to be very,

very afraid. As for the Saudis' involvement, I believe that might be downplayed.
Has one media whore even mentioned that? Not to my knowledge, so I'd be surprised if the NIE does.
Call me skeptical.

[blondeatlast]

2. But Will, the Saudis didn't try to kill Poppy. The Saudis are good, and kind,

and fair, and love kittens and sunshine, and would never, ever fund terrorist organizations or provide technology that would harm our soldiers ur citizens.

If Joe Lieberman believes that, you should too. It's utterly unAmerican not to.

[EFerrari]

4. With friends like the Saudis and Pakistan, who needs al Qaida? n/t

[blondeatlast]

6. No kidding. I've been warning people about Pakistand for some time, too.

Pakistan is the next hot spot and aQ's boot is on Musharif's neck whether we want to admit it or not. He'll save his own skin any day, and who could blame him?

[pauldp]

9. Don't worry, Pakistani intelligence is on it.

After all they do have a history of hiring and sympathizing with Al Qaeda
so I'm sure they will let us know exactly
what they are up to.

:sarcasm:

[MsKandice01]

3. NIE is here...

And it's a joke.

http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20070717_release.pdf

[halobeam]

5. Small discussion if you are interested..

looks like your guess was spot on....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1354690

[Rydz777]

7. The "National Intelligence Estimate." A double entendre if

there ever was one.

[Demeter]

8. Silly Me! I Immediately Thought of IQ

and thought that someone had measured the effects of 6+ years of BushCheney, after Reagan and Poppy, and come to some usefful conclusions about intelligence, fundamentalism, and the GOP.

Of course, it wouldn't take much to get there from here, either.

[rainy]

10. Why don't we start a media blitz where we go to right-wing sites and

state the facts. We could each go to free republic and just say did you know that more saudi foreigners are fighting us in Iraq than Iran? Did you know that most of the 911 hijackers were Saudi nationals? Did you know that NO Iraqis were involved in 911 and so on. We could post this on newspaper web pages and TV web pages. We should be the media we wish to have. Could we keep a running thread or connection to national media emails so we could easily inform the talking heads and pretend journalists.