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One person being confused by one person's name when thinking it could be a different person doesn't imply that there is a general "confusion" surrounding all names, nor does it imply that all Iraqis or Arabs have similar names. Don't they teach basic logic these days?
The capture of any any al Qaida militant is good news.
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Kinda like making a thousand dollar payment on the interest only portion of the 10 trillion Bush National Debt. Better than nothing, even though the interest alone is a billion per day.
"The capture of any any al Qaida militant is good news."
It sure is. Now if we could only be sure he's actually an al-Qaida militant and not a bread baker taken in a mistaken "raid."
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"No disrespect intended, but don't they all have similar names?"
Dionys
"Is that like saying all black people look similar?"
No Dionys, its like saying the Iraqi Commander was convinced that he had arrested al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir" based on name, looks, whatever.
"Don't they teach basic logic these days?"
Yes and basic logic would tell the Iraqi commander same name (s) AKAs, matches description, hey look who we got.
Kinda sorta ya know what happened.
"Is that like saying all black people look similar?"
Are you still beating your mother?