ap has saddam as 9-11 mastermind
update (05:20): my mistake. i got the evildoers confused. the image is khalid shaikh mohammed. the first alternative source i found for the image had it mis-identified. i still think the photo needs a name in the caption. this is what i get for reading the wires and posting on the blog while pushing a deadline 🙂
next to the banner headline, “9/11 Plot Reportedly Hatched in 1996” and “Mastermind Says He Pitched Plot That Culminated in 9/11 Attacks to Osama Bin Laden in 1996, ” abc news is running a photo of what appears to be saddam hussein.
see it yourself here – at least until it’s corrected or pulled, in which case you can see a screen capture here:
i have to assume this is an associated press issue, since it’s an ap photo and an ap story, but really… you’d think someone would catch this, particularly during the week that the question about the iraq-al qaida connection is so prominent in the news. in any case, it’s just a little detail we managed to catch and put on the record for you…