Fourth Rail eats words ... an enigma, inside a mystery , inside a puzzle ....

Bill Roggio at Fourth Rail September 13 th
Correction: Report of Hekmatyar's Capture Incorrect

Initial report of Hekmatyar's capture was a case of mistaken identity

"On 9-11,(September) Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported “the commander of the Hizb-i-Islami militia in Hafezan in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Gulbuddin Hikmatyar, was arrested after credible intelligence led Afghan and coalition forces to his compound.” An independent intelligence source confirmed the initial report, which led to my post on this matter, however a subsequent identification by fingerprinting indicates the person in question is not Hekmatyar. The capture suspect is a high level commander in Hezb-i-Islami, and is said to be a dead ringer for Hekmatyar.

The misidentification of terrorist commanders is a common occurrence. Most recently, Pakistan commander Matiur Rehman and Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah were reported captured, however it was later discovered they were indeed not in custody. It is believed the Pakistani ISI misled ABC News, while Dadullah's body double was actually Mullah Ibrahim, a Taliban commander in the Kandahar region." Writes Bill.

"An independent intelligence source confirmed the initial report, " ... this is of course the problem with the fantasists of "The Wide Awakes" .. they have these spooky, secretive "independent intelligence source(s) " which are as reliable as Mystic Meg.

Which makes one wonder why the whole nexus of the folks who hover round "The Wide Awakes" like wasps round a jam pot are pushing out this misinformation. They certainly are well informed, but what their sources are remains ... to some extent .. a mystery.

Here is an experiment for you. Go to Google News. Enter the search term "The Wide Awakes" ...not a day passes that Google News doesn't pick up a story from "The Wide Awakes" and not infrequently pieces from contributors to the the site / radio show.

The answer to the Question. Why do Google keep these dis-informationists in their news gathering net remains .... to some extent .... an enigma.

Admittedly when their reports are in error they eat their words ... which only serves to re-inforce one's natural scepticism about not only the accuracy of their reports, but their sources and ultimate authorship.

Meanwhile if you feel the need for some peculiar T shirts, B'ball caps drop in at GZBI - a site that Bill links to and who keep their highly patriotic secrets well hidden by using the proxy services of Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc. Whois Agent (rrnwhghpk@whoisprivacyprotect.com).

The answer to the Question. Why do these uber patriots feel the need to keep their identities such a secret ..remains .....to some extent.... a puzzle.