Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Dead
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I feel your pain, but no worries, the jihad must go on :eek:
We can thank Jordanian intelligence for doing something the US can't, actually finding terrorists. Long live outsourcing.
It's good news that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is dead.
But his death brought about by a US air strike that was apparently ordered after a captured Zarqawi lieutenant disclosed Zarqawi's favorite hiding places--may not mean much in terms of bringing peace, democracy and stability to Iraq. His al Qaeda in Iraq--which was estimated to number no more than several hundred fighters--made up the smallest slice of the insurgency. His departure will not have much impact on the forces fueling the fighting and chaos in Iraq. The Sunni-based insurgency draws on the 300,000 or so former members of the Iraq army that was disbanded in May 2003. And the Shiite militias have thousands of armed loyalists. Though Zarqawi was an evil leader responsible for the most dramatic acts of terrorism, he was something of a sideshow.
Recently, an Iraqi intelligence officer told me that the most pressing problem in Iraq was not Zarqawi and his jihadists but the infiltration of the military and security forces by the various militias. These groups are responsible for the death squad-like activities (kidnappings, murders) that have terrorized Iraqis. They will not be given much pause by the successful attack on Zarqawi. (And Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism expert at Rand, notes that after George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the two people most satisfied by Zarqawi's death are Osama bin Laden and his number-two Ayman al-Zawahiri, for now they have been spared a competitor for attention and handed a martyr.)
In March 2004, NBC News' Jim Miklaszewski reported that the White House had three times in 2002 turned down a Pentagon request to attack Zarqawi, who then was believed to be running a weapons lab in northern Iraq--in territory not controlled by Saddam Hussein's government. Miklaszewski wrote that "the administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in Iraq could undercut its case for war against Saddam." That is, the Bush White House let Zarqawi alone so it would have an easier time selling the war in Iraq.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?pid=89600
But his death brought about by a US air strike that was apparently ordered after a captured Zarqawi lieutenant disclosed Zarqawi's favorite hiding places--may not mean much in terms of bringing peace, democracy and stability to Iraq. His al Qaeda in Iraq--which was estimated to number no more than several hundred fighters--made up the smallest slice of the insurgency. His departure will not have much impact on the forces fueling the fighting and chaos in Iraq. The Sunni-based insurgency draws on the 300,000 or so former members of the Iraq army that was disbanded in May 2003. And the Shiite militias have thousands of armed loyalists. Though Zarqawi was an evil leader responsible for the most dramatic acts of terrorism, he was something of a sideshow.
Recently, an Iraqi intelligence officer told me that the most pressing problem in Iraq was not Zarqawi and his jihadists but the infiltration of the military and security forces by the various militias. These groups are responsible for the death squad-like activities (kidnappings, murders) that have terrorized Iraqis. They will not be given much pause by the successful attack on Zarqawi. (And Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism expert at Rand, notes that after George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the two people most satisfied by Zarqawi's death are Osama bin Laden and his number-two Ayman al-Zawahiri, for now they have been spared a competitor for attention and handed a martyr.)
In March 2004, NBC News' Jim Miklaszewski reported that the White House had three times in 2002 turned down a Pentagon request to attack Zarqawi, who then was believed to be running a weapons lab in northern Iraq--in territory not controlled by Saddam Hussein's government. Miklaszewski wrote that "the administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in Iraq could undercut its case for war against Saddam." That is, the Bush White House let Zarqawi alone so it would have an easier time selling the war in Iraq.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?pid=89600
You can see a video of the strike at:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=20960_Candygram_for_Zarqawi
Liberals should exercise caution, as they may be prone to screaming fits of rage at the death of <A href="http://cc.msnscache.com/cache.aspx?q=3309618530660&lang=en-US">one of Michael Moore's Minutemen</a>.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=20960_Candygram_for_Zarqawi
Liberals should exercise caution, as they may be prone to screaming fits of rage at the death of <A href="http://cc.msnscache.com/cache.aspx?q=3309618530660&lang=en-US">one of Michael Moore's Minutemen</a>.
June 7, 2006: The relationship between terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi and and the mainline al Qaeda leadership continues to deteriorate.
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Given that Zarqawi has become a loose cannon and that his actions are handicapping Al Qaeda's efforts, it seems reasonable to expect that an accident may befall him at some point in the near future. If handled right it can be made to look like he went out in a blaze of glory fighting American troops or that he was foully murdered. Either way, al Qaeda gets rid of a problem and gains another "martyr."
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurph/articles/20060607.aspx
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Given that Zarqawi has become a loose cannon and that his actions are handicapping Al Qaeda's efforts, it seems reasonable to expect that an accident may befall him at some point in the near future. If handled right it can be made to look like he went out in a blaze of glory fighting American troops or that he was foully murdered. Either way, al Qaeda gets rid of a problem and gains another "martyr."
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurph/articles/20060607.aspx
they put bowls of pig shit in front of you all and you ask for bigger spoons. this news literally means nothing...NOTHING. who knows if it was him. if it is.. someone will step up to fill his shoes. the lies continue and we are still that much closer to a significant false flag and an economic crash. but you all keep asking for bigger spoons.
Hey man, nice shot
what a good shot man
I hope his boys who dropped a dime on his ass
spend the 25 million head bounty living well in Mayfair.....
....and that U.S. cash doesn't make it back to Pakistan
what a good shot man
I hope his boys who dropped a dime on his ass
spend the 25 million head bounty living well in Mayfair.....
....and that U.S. cash doesn't make it back to Pakistan