Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Lousy, Lousy Headline Writer

From this morning's Boston Globe:

Bomber of US mess hall said to be Saudi student

Allow me to rewrite:

Mosul Mess Hall Bomber Related to Saudi 9/11 Hijacker Clan

...Asharq al-Awsat said Ghamdi started studying medicine in Sudan when his father worked and lived there. Ghamdi stayed to complete his studies when his family returned to Saudi Arabia, the paper reported, without saying when the family left.

It said the father said that he learned Dec. 16 that his son had withdrawn all the money left in a Sudanese bank account for him and that he later received a call from his son telling him he was in Iraq to fight the Americans.

The Ghamdis are a large Saudi clan, three members of whom were among the Sept. 11 hijackers.

Smoke :: Fire

Nothing to see here; move along, citizen.

Update, 2:25P - Sean at Art Pottery, Politics, and Food picks up the scent as well...