Assuming the two documents are authentic
And therein lies the rub....

Until some kind of independent (outside of the government) verification happens, I will file this under the other "truths" of this administration:
"Iraq has WMD's"
"Iraq was involved with 9-11"
"Mission Accomplished"
"You're doing a great job, Brownie"
"Our children is learning"
Fencewalker Reviewed by Fencewalker on . Al-Qaeda leaders admit: 'We are in crisis. There is panic and fear' Al-Qaeda in Iraq faces an ??extraordinary crisis?. Last year's mass defection of ordinary Sunnis from al-Qaeda to the US military ??created panic, fear and the unwillingness to fight?. The terrorist group's security structure suffered ??total collapse?. These are the words not of al-Qaeda's enemies but of one of its own leaders in Anbar province ?? once the group's stronghold. They were set down last summer in a 39-page letter seized during a US raid on an al-Qaeda base near Rating: 5