Ooops. Making it up as we go along.

A tale of two Iraqis. Or is it only one?

Following a car bombing in Iraq on Sunday, the military spoke to an "unidentified Iraqi" who said the following:

"'The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the ISF and all of Iraq. They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists,' said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified."

Oddly enough, back on July 13th, following a different insurgent attack, another "unidentified Iraqi" was reported like this:

The July 13 news release said: "'The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the children and all of Iraq,' said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified. 'They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists.'"

I'm sure there's a logical explanation. Maybe it's the same guy and he just gets around a lot? Well, ok... that doesn't seem very likely. Maybe it's just a common phrase that they teach in English classes in Iraq? Hmmm... that doesn't sound very plausible either. Let's ask the military for their take on it.

Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, spokesman for the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, said use of the quote was an "administrative error." He said the military was looking into the matter.

An "administrative error" you say? Is that this week's buzzword for complete and total bullshit? Yes, I'm sure things are just going swimmingly in Iraq. Just ask the military. Hat tip to Demagogue and Americablog.