Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the Fallujah area last year but released....

Military blunder takes on a new meaning under the Bush administration.

Robert H. Reid of the Associated Press reports:

“BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi security forces caught terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the Fallujah area last year but released him because they didn't realize who he was, the deputy interior minister said in an interview broadcast Friday.”

Of course, one is tempted to conclude that it was intentional. By keeping the nation on “red alert” there remains a need for the Patriot Act and the continued erosion of our civil liberties.


12/16/05