U.S. posts wrong photo of 'al-Qaida operative'

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U.S. posts wrong photo of ‘al-Qaida operative’

After year and a half, wrong man's photo removed from wanted page

By Lisa Myers & the NBC Investigative Unit
Jan. 26, 2006

WASHINGTON - United States intelligence agencies have been hunting for one of al-Qaida's most notorious members - an expert in poisons and lethal chemicals. But NBC News has learned they have been trying to find him by using a photo of the wrong man on his wanted poster.

For a year and a half, the U.S. government has been asking for the public's help in finding Midhat Mursi al-Sayid 'Umar, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, a dangerous al-Qaida operative. But now intelligence officials admit to NBC News they were using a photo of a different man.

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How many people have been tortured to death because of a "wrong photo"?

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How do you think they found out they had the wrong photo?

I'm guessing "paid informant."

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Just a guess, but none? Surely this will get big play over at DemocraticUnderground. Perhaps you can peddle it there.

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McGentrix wrote:

Just a guess, but none? Surely this will get big play over at DemocraticUnderground. Perhaps you can peddle it there.

Not really. I'm guessing that the fact they didn't take the info down, probably means that the wrong man whose picture was put up probably hadn't been captured or hurt in anyway.

Still, you've got to wonder, whose photo was it? George W. Bush's? Now that WOULD be a cock up to talk about.

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