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September 11, 2006
Bad News From Anbar, More Of The Same From The MSM
The Houston Chronicle cites a worrisome Washington Post story that describes a report by the chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq.
The chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq recently filed an unusual secret report concluding that the prospects for securing that country's western Anbar province are dim and that there is almost nothing the U.S. military can do to improve the political and social situation there, said several military officers and intelligence officials familiar with its contents.The officials described Col. Pete Devlin's classified assessment of the dire state of Anbar as the first time a senior U.S. military officer has filed so negative a report from Iraq.
An "unusual secret report". Oh.
So here we go again: A classified report is leaked by unnamed officials, thereby prohibiting anyone else from fact-checking their qualifications to draw the conclusions that are so confidently referenced.
If the report is true we've got serious problems in Anbar province; but given the provenance of the story, I'm withholding any judgment. And as usual, the leakers need to be found and punished--what's the bloody use of classifying anything if it goes public by the next day?
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According to anonymous sources, a secret classified document which is not available for review has identified George W. Bush as the remote pilot of all the 9/11 planes.
Amazing how liberals will believe any old crap that someone claims to be true, yet will not believe provable facts should they go against one of their own. Lest we forget Bill Clinton...
Posted by: Floyd at September 11, 2006 04:16 PM
