Warmed Over Cold Warrior

The question is did the Pulitzer Prize for Photography go to an Iraqi stringer for AP who is a terrorist or a terrorist collaborator? The blogosphere is all over this story, but I haven't seen it in the MSM yet. The best place to start is with Michelle Malkin , who asks "Where is Bilal Hussein--and who is he working for?"

She continues: "A year ago, I blogged about a controversial, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken by an unidentified Associated Press stringer in Iraq. More background from the blogosphere here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Do take the time to re-read them all. The context is important.

One member of the Pulitzer-winning AP team was AP stringer Bilal Hussein. Hussein's photos have raised serious, persistent questions about his relationship with terrorists in Iraq and whether his photos were/are staged in collusion with the enemy. I've learned of an intriguing news development that strengthens those lingering suspicions.

This afternoon, in response to a tip from an anonymous military source in Iraq, I contacted both the AP reporter embedded with the Marines in Ramadi, Todd Pitman, as well as AP's media relations office headquartered in New York concerning Hussein's whereabouts. No word from Pitman. But at 6:20pm EDT, I received the following e-mail response from AP:

We are looking into reports that Mr. Hussein was detained by the U.S. military in Iraq but have no further details at this time.

Jack Stokes
The Associated Press
Corporate Communications

According to my tipster, Hussein was captured earlier today by American forces in a building in Ramadi, Iraq, with a cache of weapons.

I am still awaiting a response from the DOD's Combined Press Information Center and a Public Affairs Officer in Ramadi."

Her post goes into a lot more detail with the pictures to make her points. Read it all. And then ask yourself whether the MSM would be so quiet if this story were about a pro-America reporter being involved with propagandizing for the US Army?