Ansar al-Islam and the Media

It is an undeniable fact that Ansar al-Islam, a terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda, had a headquarters in the Kurdish-controlled area of Iraq. The administration tried to use this to link Saddam to al-Qaeda, anyway, and still are. Some people I know keep insisting the administration's alleged lies are all the Democrats twisting what they said. I think, however, that this Center for American Progress article by Matthew Yglesias gives a good round-up of what's been going down, and the press's complacency therein.