The Rest of the Story
[posted by Callimachus]
Michael Fumento tells the tale of "a video I got off a laptop in Ramadi showing the 2005 suicide vehicle attack on OP Hotel in the city's Industrial Area," which killed no one but the jihadi, but was nonetheless apparently considered a great victory in his circle.
He always wondered what the exact story behind the video was. Now he knows:
Michael Fumento tells the tale of "a video I got off a laptop in Ramadi showing the 2005 suicide vehicle attack on OP Hotel in the city's Industrial Area," which killed no one but the jihadi, but was nonetheless apparently considered a great victory in his circle.
He always wondered what the exact story behind the video was. Now he knows:
Then I heard from a Capt. Chas Cannon. "I noticed you have the OP Hotel car bomb attack on your site. That attack was against our Able Company, 2-69 Armor. The initial explosion knocked the entire platoon out cold." He went on: "It was interesting the way we received the video, however. An informant of ours, whom we knew to be playing both sides, was given a copy as part of a recruiting drive by the insurgents. One night on our regularly scheduled meetings, he passed it on over to us. I don't think the insurgents knew that it failed....they just knew it was one helluva explosion." That it was!
