Sure seems like it. According to Prof. Cole, it was probably written by a Shiite.
The analogy I’d draw (and it’s a pretty fair one, I think) is a
fundamentalist Southern Baptist opening a letter with a Hail Mary.
Simply ain’t gonna happen. I mean, it’s like a freakin’ religion with these people.
So not only would this have come from a Shiite… but one who didn’t even know enough about Salafism to know he was writing something pretty unlikely.
Now, who do we know who could be that incompetent? Who do we know who stages fake events to manipulate public opinion…?
Save the angry letters. That was just snark. I know there’s no proof of where the letter came from, and no clarification
of how it was intercepted. And all the intelligence agencies — the same people we were told (falsely)
were certain there were WMDs — supposedly agree. So, fine. We’re just supposed to take it on faith.
Except for the fact that it doesn’t make any damn sense.
PS — just heard from Prof. Cole, who believes that since the letter calls Husain an "Imam," something a Sunni would not do, the analogy may be fairly exact. Even so, much of the rest of the letter is worthy of controversy. I recommend frequent visits to his site, btw. He promises more on the issue shortly.
