CIA Says Voice on Islamic Tapes Showing American Hostage Beheading is Likely al Zarqawi's

Here's the story.

My only issue with this - of course, aside from the sheer horror of decent people of any ethnic background being seized, tortured, and executed - is that we now have assigned al Zarqawi (sometimes spelled Zarqawe) the same bogeyman status we once gave to Osama. Everything that happens, we say it's Zarqawi.

It's probably no coincidence that a) Bush and the GOP try never to raise Osama's name b) seem to systematically "confuse" Saddam Hussein's name with Osama, substituting Saddam's name so they don't have to mention the still-free-Osama, and c) all guilt for any action is now assigned to al Zarqawi.

Oh yeah, and "we've killed" Zarqawi any number of times. They'll say they're pretty sure they got him with the last bombing (and we've bombed dozens of homes and buildings, and killed many civilians in "getting" him), only to turn around and either blame him for something new or announce they've killed him yet again.

However, from what I can tell, I may be the only one - besides the Iraqis - to notice this.