via UK Times
THE capture of a supposed Al-Qaeda kingpin by Pakistani agents last week was hailed by President George W Bush as "a critical victory in the war on terror". According to European intelligence experts, however, Abu Faraj al-Libbi was not the terrorists' third in command, as claimed, but a middle-ranker derided by one source as "among the flotsam and jetsam" of the organisation.
I wonder how much of this is either "mistaken identity" on the part of the U.S. or Pakistan. We've put so much faith in Pakistan into the hunt for al Qaeda that they could just jerk us around with October surprises all year round.
And will this story actually make it into the U.S. press or just get ignored? Me think Bush's poll numbers probably hit a new low right before the capture.