Reward for al Qaeda in Iraq leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, now $5,000,000 $1,000,000 $100,000.
I find this incredibly bizarre. It’s as if he’s a stock, and his price fluctuates. If he plans some more car bombs, does the price go back up? Probably not. Part of me suspects that this is part of a move by the administration to whitewash Iraq. “We’re making progress! The reward for Abu Ayyub al-Masri went down! He’s not as valuable! Of course this is simply an arbitrary value assigned by fiat, but don’t worry your pretty little head about that. It’s not like we’d ever manufacture a story, and then cite it in order to deceive anyone! We’re making progress; that’s all you need to know.”
