AQI: someone else has noticed

A recent post noted that the so-called al Qaeda in Iraq and the real al Qaeda responsible for 9/11 are not the same - or even closely aligned - organizations.

Someone else has noticed.
From Huffingtonpost.com:

McCain's Iraq Barack Attack Shows A Crack
Rachel Sklar | February 28, 2008
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"There are two al Qaedas, really (at least for our purposes here). One flew planes into buildings on September 11th, the other wasn't in Iraq until after the 2003 invasion and is less a wing of the larger group than what back in September General David Petraeus called "not a unified force," really more like insurgents who had formed "a loose confederation with al Qaeda at various times." That group comprises approximately anywhere 2 - 15% of the insurgency. Once again, for emphasis: Not the same al Qaeda that attacked America on September 11th, nor the same al Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden whom George Bush vowed to hunt down and bring to justice but instead got sidetracked in a country that hadn't had anything to do with 9/11."

Folks, the linguistic sleight-of-tongue that allows W and his minions, McCain, and the Republicans in general, to continue to equate AQI with al Qaeda must be exposed, frequently, forcefully.

Thanks to Rachel Sklar for her insightful post!