The letter from al Qaida's #2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, to head of IZAQ (al Qaida in Iraq), Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a telling and damaging communique. It shows the weakness of al Qaeda as well as their propensity to rule the world with an iron Islamic fist.

al Qaida has come out denying the authenticity of the letter which is also a tell tale sign of how damaging the letter really is. Of course, you can draw your own opinion about the authenticity of the letter.

I asked CENTCOM Public Affairs about the authenticity of theZawahiri-Zarqawi letter; the response is as follows:

The U.S. and Coalition have a variety of ways to acquire information, including detainee interrogation and raids of enemy locations as well as other means which often lead to exploitation of information and material. Due to operational security, I cannot discuss the specific way in which the letter was obtained.

It was felt that the release of this letter clearly illustrated the detailed planning and intent of insurgents in Iraq to one day control the country and extend their extremist Jihad to neighboring Muslim states, to include the destruction of Israel.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Department of Defense and CENTCOM have a high degree of confidence in the authenticity of the letter.

CENTCOM Public Affairs

I have to believe this letter is the real deal.

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Posted by: Chris Short at 10:19 AM | Comments (10) | Add Comment
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1 Its authenticity is unimpeachable in my opinion due to the fact that the leftards have come out so hard trying to discredit it as some sort of Halliburton/Neoconservative/JOOOOOOish hoax.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 14, 2005 10:49 AM (0yYS2)

2 What's up with the spacing?

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 14, 2005 10:52 AM (0yYS2)

3 The comments are set up for even margins on both sides. You sometimes come up with some really long words like "Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooz and "Halliburton/Neoconservative/JOOOOOOish" force it to the next line. But you knew that ;-)

Posted by: Oyster at October 14, 2005 12:33 PM (fl6E1)

4 It fits into so many different patterns and pieces of the puzzle. It is totally real.

Posted by: Jack at October 14, 2005 01:37 PM (aFawc)

5 As are the aliens in their mothership which brother Farrakhan (bacon grease upon him) so wisely brought to our attention.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 14, 2005 02:14 PM (0yYS2)

6 How about Zawahiri's handwriting analysis?

Posted by: sortapundit at October 14, 2005 02:27 PM (F1nba)

7 IMP: I'm guessing you saw those nutjobs talking about 9/11 last night too, eh? I'm glad they ran that story, it shows what radical nutjobs we have on our own soil among the ranks of "The Nation of Islam" right here, right now.

Posted by: dave at October 14, 2005 02:30 PM (CcXvt)

8 The Nation of Hoodlums would be closer to the truth, Dave. IM, And that would be, I hope, "hot bacon grease upon him". j/k

Posted by: jesusland joe at October 14, 2005 03:15 PM (rUyw4)

9 You know it jj.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 14, 2005 07:14 PM (0yYS2)

10 good peace in Financial times (london) about another guy called abu musab who used to be go between for al-qaeda in afghanistan and algerian terrorists in europe his last known location was in iraq. newspaper suggests the letter was originally sent to him and that he was to pass on most of the contence to zarqawi but to dress it up slightly so it didnt sound so critical

Posted by: Graeme at October 17, 2005 05:03 AM (CY03r)

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