I find it interesting how many news outlets have headlines that definitively say Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is injured despite the fact that the news is based on a claim made on one website.
Some reports say the website is al-Quaida's, some say it is an unknown muslim news site. Some reports have even claimed that al-Zarqawi's group made a statement (huh??). It seems that in this case the intelligence community is taking the safe option of saying "it could be a ruse, we'll reserve judgement". But how many readers of so many sites understand it could be a ruse?
I bet Newsweek doesn't report it.
Posted by dmason at May 24, 2005 05:03 PM