[NYTr] Al-Qaeda's Goal: See for Yourself (More Lies from the Liar-in-Chief)

[All the News That Doesn't Fit]

Consortium News - Sep 17, 2007
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/091707a.html


Al-Qaeda's Goal: See for Yourself

One of George W. Bush's key arguments for keeping U.S. troops in Iraq
indefinitely is that al-Qaeda wants to "drive us out." But U.S.
intelligence has intercepted an internal al-Qaeda communique that says
almost the exact opposite. 

The letter written by senior al-Qaeda operative Atiyah Abd al-Rahman
states that "prolonging the war is in our interest." Yet, President
Bush is rarely challenged when he asserts the opposite, and few members
of Congress seem aware of the Atiyah letter, which was translated and
analyzed by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.

To help clarify this issue, we have posted the relevant excerpt at
http://www.consortiumnews.com/prolongingwar.pdf as well as the entire
letter at http://www.consortiumnews.com/atiyah-letter.pdf (the relevant
excerpt is at the top of page 17). For the fuller context of this
letter, you can go to Consortiumnews.com's "Gen. Petraeus & the
'Central Front' Myth" here:
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/091207.html
or see the new book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W.
Bush.

By e-mailing this item to your congressional representative or to
someone you know at a news organization, you can help spread the word
on this important reality -- that "prolonging" the U.S. military
occupation of Iraq is just what al-Qaeda's leadership wants.