Mulligan of Arabia
Make of this report what you will . . .
BAGHDAD, Iraq (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 had a bad feeling back in 2003 when the TV Guide listing for the Iraq War closed with the words “Hijinx ensue” . . .
Comment by Michigan Frog —
December 16, 2005 @ 8:13 am
Was he truly released because they didn’t know who he was (never stopped ’em from tossing innocents in the pokey before), or was a blind eye turned because factions and individuals within the Iraqi security forces are sympathizers or outright supporters of the insurgency?
(Insert joke here about ”These are not the terroroids you’re looking for.”)