Shaykh Yerbouti

Now it can be told!! During the runup to the Iraq war, the Cheney administration relied heavily on the testimony of a former al-Qaida operative named al-Libi.

Seem like a coincidence? No way, Buckwheat.

Bush, Cheney and others at the top of the Neo-Con food chain claimed that Iraq was providing al-Qaeda with training in chemical and biological weapons. These claims were based on statements provided by the known fabricator, al-Qaida senior military trainer Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi. The Washington Post reports that al-Libi formally retracted his claims in early 2004, and reports that "In fact, in January 2004 al-Libi recanted his claims, and in February 2004 the CIA withdrew all intelligence reports based on his information."

Can there be any doubt? Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi and Irv Lew "Scooter" Libby are the same person. Furthermore, we have learned from a highly-placed and very reliable carbon-based life form that neither person actually exists. Both al-Libi and Libby are aliases concocted by the nefarious and secretive Saudi double agent, Shaykh Yerbouti.

So there you have it, with apologies to Frank Zappa.