The eeeevil Alabama Liberation Front and Flopping Aces have started the clock, and it's the Associated Press' turn to sweat. Where, oh where is Jack Bauer when you need him?
Schadenfreude aside, this is a serious business. Much like the CBS News fake documents story, the problem is publication of a completely unverified story of horror from Iraq, six human beings burned alive simply for being the wrong Muslim sect, which the Associated Press has instructed us to believe simply because they say so. "Trust our sourcing." "No, really, trust us."
But the source, 'Captain' Jamil Hussein, hasn't been produced, and even the NY Times is unable to verify it and doesn't buy it. They are hardly shills for the far right or "Bush lackeys."
So solve it, AP. The clock is ticking, so act. Produce Jamil Hussein.