The bogeyman

Terrorism expert Loretta Napoleoni claims the US has created a convenient myth around Iraqi insurgent Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

“He became what we wanted him to be. We put him there, not the jihadists,” Napoleoni said.

Just remember this when administration officials blame Zarqawi for every insurgent attack in Iraq and beyond.

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