Nothing new to report at the moment, although a friend's cousin's friend is absolutely certain she saw Jamil having a drink with Elvis in a little bar just off the Vegas strip yesterday. Updates as I have them.
Flopping Aces’ “Latest on Jamil Hussein”
— Another Possible Interpretation
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Curt at Flopping Aces has a post that he says is The Latest on Jamil Hussein. Curt says he has been in touch with Bill Costlow, the CPATT (Civilian Police Assistance Training Team) representative. According to Curt:
But guess what Bill just confirmed? Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf never acknowledged that there was a Capt. Jamil Hussein assigned to the Khadra station, he confirmed to the AP that there was a Capt. Jamil Ghdaab Gulaim assigned there. Apparently he is the source for the AP even though he still, to this day (according to Bill Costlow), denies being the source.
From this, Curt concludes:
So what do we have so far?
That the AP has lied again in their response. The AP specifically stated that Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf acknowledged Jamil Hussein exists when he did no such thing. He acknowledged a completely different name the AP gave him but not a Jamil Hussein.
Then, the AP’s source denies he is the source.
Color me dubious. Curt seems to be leaping straight to the conclusion that, if Costlow is right, the AP has misreported what it was told by Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf, the MOI spokesman. But there’s another possibility, that Curt would do well to keep in mind: ...
The Jamil Hussein Controversy, Explained
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Shorter left-wingers:
Conservative “warbloggers” are “teh stupid” (as the kids say nowadays) because they unquestioningly accepted a statement made by a spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior.
How do we know the warbloggers got their facts wrong? Well, you see, according to a statement made by a spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior . . .
Parallels bolded for the benefit of the dimmer lefties who might not get it otherwise. ...
I got corn-fused and added a couple of things to this post that I thought I was putting in this one. I've moved them.
