It Is All Bush's Fault! - VII

All of us, the Right, as well as the Left, have a moral duty to hold the President accountable.

From an MSNBC.com article, Officials: CIA missile strike kills al-Qaida No. 3 :

Officials: CIA missile strike kills al-Qaida No. 3 [/] Terrorist group's operational leader Rabia killed in Pakistan

By Robert Windrem and Carol Grisanti [/] NBC News and news service [/] Updated: 9:18 a.m. ET Dec. 3, 2005

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The operational commander of al-Qaida and possibly the No. 3 official in the terrorist organization, Hamza Rabia, was killed early Thursday morning by a CIA missile attack on a [not-so-]safehouse in Pakistan, officials told NBC News.

Pakistan's president later confirmed the militant leader's death. [/] “Yes indeed, 200 percent. I think he was killed the day before yesterday if I’m not wrong,” President Pervez Musharraf told reporters as he arrived in Kuwait on an official visit on Saturday.

[…] The sources told NBC News Rabia was one of five men killed at a safehouse located in the village of Asorai, in western Pakistan, near the town of Mirali.

[…] Local residents said that the men were killed by an unknown number of missiles fired by an unmanned Predator aircraft. The witnesses said that missile remnants bearing U.S. markings remain in the area. They also said they had heard six explosions, but it is uncertain how many of these were the result of missile attacks and how many may have been the result of the missiles detonating explosives inside the safehouse.

[…] Rabia had moved up al-Qaida ranks [/]
Rabia has been sought by both U.S. and Pakistani officials for more than two years. Pakistan has offered a $1 million reward for his capture. He is believed to have participated in the planning for two assassination attempts against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Dec. 14 and Dec. 25, 2003. At that time, Rabia was believed to be the chief deputy to Abu Faraj al-Libbi, al-Qaida's operational chief and the No. 3 man in the organization. In May, Pakistani security forces captured Abu Faraj and turned him over to the United States.

[…] NBC News Investigative Producer Robert Windrem contributed to this report from New York, with reporting by NBC News Producer Carol Grisanti in Pakistan. Reuters also contributed to the report.

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10303175/ [My ellipses and emphasis]

It inexpressively sad and very depressing to see an enterprising and rapidly advancing young leader come to a sudden and early demise.

But, of course, It Is All Bush's Fault!

And it is also sad and depressing to hear the President of Pakistan describing poor departed Hamza Rabia as 200% dead. Surely, to all champions of decency, that is overkill!

But, that too, sadly, Is All Bush's Fault!