Ultra-Neocon Chickenhawk Pauly Wolfywitz was attacked in Baghdad today. To his credit, he did manage not to fly back to Kuwait to RON (Remain Over Night).
At least eight rockets fired on an automatic timer struck the al-Rashid hotel in central Baghdad where Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz was staying early Sunday morning, killing one American soldier and injuring 15 people.
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Wolfowitz, who is traveling in Iraq, was not injured in the attack on the al-Rashid, which is home to hundreds of American soldiers and civilian reconstruction staff. In a televised statement, he vowed that the terrorist attack would not deter American reconstruction efforts in Iraq.
"There are a few who refuse to accept the reality of a new and free Iraq," he said. "We will be unrelenting in our pursuit of them."
Now, this is fascinating, if a bit mind boggling. At 11:30 PM, Eastern time, tonight, Sunday, I heard a news report on the radio, outlining a statement issued by *someone* in Washington, that the Bush (mal)administration *knew* about this attack.
That's right. I know what I heard because I fell off my chair. The report stated the Army in Iraq had hard reliable intelligence of the impending attack on the hotel, and did absolutely nothing about it. One (or two) dead, 15 wounded. They say they knew about it, and apprently they blew it off.
Sort of gives a whole new flavor to all the talk about pre-9/11 warnings.
posted by: Lurch on 10.26.03 at 11:38 PM [permalink]
Was Wolfowitz' reaction that of the "Wolf who cried, boy!"? Now if the Administration knew of plans for the attack, as reported by Lurch, did the Administration in Washington pass this on to Wolfie, or did it leave him exposed?
posted by: Shag from Brookline on 10.27.03 at 07:02 AM [permalink]
