In the "Finally, Someone Else Questions the Whole Iraq Mosque Debacle Story" Department

Finally. I've been biting my tongue but there is something that really stinks about the story of Al Qaeda blowing up the great Mosque last week. This seemed FAR more like an operation somebody (like us) might perpetrate than one al Qaeda would pull.

Now I see James Wolcott smells something as well:

Here's what I don't get about the Golden Dome mosque bombing. That, once overtaken, the guards were tied up.

That eats up the clock when you're in a hurry and it spares lives, not exactly the M.O. of Al Qaeda, which tends to be more throat-cuttingly swift and savage. Al Qaeda and its affiliates are also not shy about claiming bragging rights for their crimes and atrocities, yet no one so far has taken awful credit for this desecration. Most odd, and no wonder the timing and execution of this event has given rise to dark speculation.

Each oil drop of dark speculation deepens the pool of paranoia that has become the mirror of our post 9/11 lives, which brings us to a certain movie that's about to be released that makes the sign of the V. And on that cryptic note...