20 Aug 2007

What Else Is Our Government Lying About?

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July 19, 2007, 6:25AM

Al-Qaida's man in Iraq unveiled as fictional character

U.S. military says an Iraqi actor had portrayed the nonexistent leader

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

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

Fake Al Qaeda

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