More Fibbing from the Associated Press?

By Greg Sheffield (Bio | Archive)
January 10, 2007 - 15:54 ET

The Associated Press crowed on Jan. 4 that their controversial source "Jamil Hussein" did indeed exist, as it announced:

Ministry spokesman Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf, who had previously denied there was any such police employee as Capt. Jamil Hussein, said in an interview that Hussein is an officer assigned to the Khadra police station, as had been reported by The Associated Press.

But Flopping Aces has the latest development.

I've been in touch with Bill Costlow (the CPATT (Civilian Police Assistance Training Team) representative) since he has been back in-country and I have a few interesting developments on this story.

Despite the AP's claim that a Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf had confirmed Hussein's existance:

Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf never acknowledged that there was a Capt. Jamil Hussein assigned to the Khadra station, he confirmed to the AP that there was a Capt. Jamil Ghdaab Gulaim assigned there. Apparently he is the source for the AP even though he still, to this day (according to Bill Costlow), denies being the source.

So what do we have so far?

That the AP has lied again in their response. The AP specifically stated that Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf acknowledged Jamil Hussein exists when he did no such thing. He acknowledged a completely different name the AP gave him but not a Jamil Hussein.

Then, the AP's source denies he is the source.


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Either the AP is complicit wi

January 10, 2007 - 16:26 ET by bassndude

Either the AP is complicit with the terrorists and are intentionaly printing these fairy tales to help their cause, OR the said source is the source, and is there by complicit with the terrorists and is unofficaly, intentionaly telling the AP these fairy tales, knowing the AP is ready to print anything to make the Iraq situation  look worse than it really is. Either way, I see the AP as complicit and doing their best to provide aid to the terrorists.

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

A.P. = Always Prevaricate

January 10, 2007 - 18:21 ET by mattm

A.P. = Always Prevaricate

IF we WIN the Iraq war.......

January 10, 2007 - 19:19 ET by JayTee

IF we WIN the Iraq war.......Will / Would the Media even report it ?

One has to wonder.

I'm glad you (and Curt) clear

January 10, 2007 - 21:24 ET by taznar

I'm glad you (and Curt) cleared that up. I was wondering about that yesterday when I kept seeing Capt. Jamil Gulaim and Jamail Hussein seemingly used interchangebly. I don't remember if it was someone here or at HA that mentioned at the beginning of this whole affair that its possible an alias was being used, but that that's not acceptable for a "named" source. Its a deceptive way to try to add validity to what is really an anonymous source.