[...] Critics of President Bush’s Iraq War venture love to claim that “he took his eye off the ball; we should be in Afghanistan and Pakistan- that’s where al Qaeda is.”; “We let bin Laden get away.” And of course, they also love to point out, “al Qaeda was never in Iraq….until we invaded.” [...]

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[...] first post: http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/03/15/pentagon-rpt-confirms-saddams-regime-supported-al-qaida/ Scott followed up after Mark Eichenlaub’s post went up: [...]

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[...] before the report was released, Warren Strobel (also of McLatchy Newspapers) wrote a grossly incorrect assessment of the report based on a single anonymous leak. His report was followed by others in the old media who reported on it without ever seeing it. [...]

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[...] And within hours the (mainstream media) die had been cast. Saddam was not linked to al Qaeda went the theme. This one is definitely worth the read. Think about what it shows: NO ONE in the McLatchy Newspaper chain of editors, no one at ABC, no one at the New York Times, no one at CNN, no one at the Washington Post, no one at AFP, and no one at any of the blogosphere sites that posted the original article actually read the report. NONE. Old Media/traditional media outlets are supposed to be special because they have armies of fact checkers yet no one in any of these armies ever saw the actual report. The actual report contradicts the original article at almost every turn. [...]

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Moneyrunner,
The plot is going to work too well if noone from the Pentagon corrects this guy though.

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[...] This one is definitely worth the read. Think about what it shows: NO ONE in the McLatchy Newspaper chain of editors, no one at ABC, no one at the New York Times, no one at CNN, no one at the Washington Post, no one at AFP, and no one at any of the blogosphere sites that posted the original article actually read the report. NONE. Old Media/traditional media outlets are supposed to be special because they have armies of fact checkers yet no one in any of these armies ever saw the actual report. The actual report contradicts the original article at almost every turn. [...]

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Perhaps this is a fiendish plot by someone in the Pentagon who has it in for Warren Strobel to make him look foolish by getting him to write a story that is the exact opposite of the actual report.

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Good point Scott. My post is now up here:
http://regimeofterror.com/archives/2008/03/media_swings_and_misses_on_ida_1/

I tried not to hit the same points as you though I am sure I still did. Gonna do some more work now on the nuts and bolts in the actual report.

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[...] report confirms links between Saddam and al Qaeda? Liberals have been wrong? Goodness. See Flopping Aces for the [...]

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How much confusion and false spin could have been avoided if the White House and others simply referred to “the Al Queda network of terrorist groups” instead of just “Al Queda”? After all, Bin Laden and the other leaders of Al Queda (most of whom are members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad) are just the core. The name Al Queda even translates as “The Base” or “The Origin/start.” They are a network of terrorist groups not some club with a Girl Scouts of America chain of command. If people looked at the matter as a fight against a coalition of groups, then they’d see the connections perfectly clearly.

Amazing

I hope everyone gets a chance to read the report. It’s simply amazing.

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