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Evan Kohlmann: Skeptical of Iraqi Official's Claims on Big Arrest and Jill Carroll Status
By Andrew Cochran
The Iraqi Interior Minister's claims today that Iraqi forces arrested a "high-ranking aide" to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and that U.S. journalist Jill Carroll is alive and he knows who kidnapped her, should be viewed with skepticism, according to Evan Kohlmann. He appeared on MSNBC to discuss the Jill Carroll claim and discussed the arrest with me. Evan's view is that the political pressure on the Iraqi government to prove its control of the security situation might move it to make claims of success in matters of importance to Americans, especially the Bush Administration and Congress.
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