[vbmoneyspender]

These reporters are just incredible. The reporter put this at the beginning of the article

Washington accused Ansar of running a "poison" and explosives factory, and of forming a link between the Saddam Hussein regime and Al Qaeda. While evidence for such claims remains elusive, Kurds here voice nothing but praise for the US military's role in ending their nightmare of Ansar rule.

And then this at the end

"It was obvious, even to a blind person, that these people were Al Qaeda. They referred to bin Laden as 'Sheikh' Osama," says Abdulkarim. "The people were powerless and defenseless. We couldn't do anything. Without the coalition forces, who could have rooted them out?"

Thus, the reporter has eyewitness evidence that Ansar Al Islam was connected to Al Qaeda but the reporter doesn't see fit to share that evidence until the very of the story. Why wasn't the whole story about the Al Qaeda connection. It is simply incredible how dishonest the mainstream media is.

[piasa]

It may not be the reporter so much as the editor. A lib editor can twist stories of reporters - even conservative ones.