Top Iraqi Insurgent Caught , Killed And Now Didnt Even Exist

Top Iraqi Insurgent Caught , Killed And Now Didnt Even Exist

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BAGHDAD — In March, he was declared captured. In May, he was declared killed, and his purported corpse was displayed on state-run TV. But on Wednesday, Abu Omar Baghdadi, the supposed leader of an Al Qaeda-affiliated group in Iraq, was declared nonexistent by U.S. military officials, who said he was a fictional character created to give an Iraqi face to a foreign-run terrorist organization.

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An Iraqi actor has been used to read statements attributed to Baghdadi, who since October has been identified as the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq group, said U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner.

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How wonderful !

They play on the fact that "their" names are hard to remember. I've always suspected they were abusing that fact.

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here are some they are still looking for





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The article reminds me of the true World War Two story The man never was. Probably the only thing that prevented the enemy from using the corpse as another Major Martian is modern DNA testing.
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I'm not surprised at this at all...

Thanks for the laugh!!! I cant remember when i've laughed so hard on my visits to ATS