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Topic Started: Jun 8 2006, 08:12 PM (121 Views)
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TheObserver
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Jun 8 2006, 08:12 PM
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose bloody campaign of beheadings and suicide bombings made him the most-wanted terrorist in Iraq, was killed when U.S. warplanes dropped 500-pound bombs on his isolated safe house, officials said Thursday. His death was a long-sought victory in the war in Iraq.
The targeted airstrike Wednesday evening was the culmination of a two-week-long hunt for al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. Tips from senior militants led U.S. forces to follow al-Zarqawi's spiritual adviser to the safe house, 30 miles outside Baghdad, for a meeting with the terror leader. The adviser, Sheik Abdul Rahman, was among those killed.
Fingerprints, tattoos and scars helped U.S. troops identify al-Zarqawi's body, White House spokesman Tony Snow said. The U.S. military released a picture of al-Zarqawi's face after the airstrike, with his eyes closed and spots of blood behind him, an image reminiscent of photos of Saddam Hussein's slain sons from the early days of the war.
"Al-Zarqawi was eliminated," Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said.
President Bush, who learned of the deadly airstrike Wednesday afternoon, hailed the killing as "a severe blow to al-Qaida and it is a significant victory in the war on terror."
But he cautioned: "We have tough days ahead of us in Iraq that will require the continuing patience of the American people."
Around the time news reports announced al-Zarqawi's death, two bombs hit a market and a police patrol in Baghdad, killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 40. Police differed on whether the bombs struck shortly before or after the 10:30 a.m. news. Later, a parked car bomb exploded in north Baghdad, killing six people and wounding 15.
Al-Qaida in Iraq vowed to continue its "holy war," according to a statement posted on a Web site.
"We want to give you the joyous news of the martyrdom of the mujahed sheik Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
"The death of our leaders is life for us. It will only increase our persistence in continuing holy war so that the word of God will be supreme."
Thursday brought two major events for Iraq's new leadership: Shortly after news of al-Zarqawi's death, Parliament approved candidates for ministers in charge of Iraq's army and police, ending a political stalemate between Shiite and Sunni Arab factions.
The new ministers are seen as key to Iraq's taking control of its deteriorating security, and _ with al-Zarqawi's death _ some Iraqi citizens expressed hope for an end to sectarian bloodshed.
"If it's true al-Zarqawi was killed, that will be a big happiness for all the Iraqis," said Thamir Abdulhussein, a college student in Baghdad. "He was behind all the killings of Sunni and Shiites. Iraqis should now move toward reconciliation. They should stop the violence."
Not since the 2003 capture of Saddam in an underground bunker has the war seen the downfall of such an iconic figure.
The Jordanian-born terrorist, 39, was Iraq's most-wanted militant and nearly as notorious as Osama bin Laden, to whom he swore allegiance in 2004. The United States put a $25 million bounty on his head, the same as bin Laden. Al-Maliki told al-Arabiya television the bounty would be honored, saying "we will meet our promise," without elaborating.
As the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Al-Zarqawi oversaw a wave of kidnappings of foreigners and the killings of at least a dozen, including Arab diplomats and three Americans. He personally is believed to have beheaded two Americans _ Nicholas Berg of West Chester, Pa., and Eugene Armstrong, formerly of Hillsdale, Mich. _ prompting supporters to dub him "the slaughtering sheik."
Al-Zarqawi also was a master Internet propagandist, spreading the call for Islamic extremists to join the "jihad," or holy war, in Iraq. His group posted gruesome images of beheadings, speeches by al-Zarqawi and recruitment videos depicting the planning and execution of its most daring attacks.
His followers also frequently targeted Shiite civilians and mosques in an attempt to spark sectarian civil war, and in his statements, al-Zarqawi _ a Sunni Arab _ often vilified Shiites as infidels.
Just days before his death, Al-Zarqawi issued an audiotape on the Internet, railing against Shiites in Iraq and saying militias were raping women and killing Sunnis. He urged the community to fight back.
Elated at news of his killing, Iraqi police in Baghdad's Shiite slum of Sadr City fired their guns in the air and chanted.
U.S.-led forces came close to capturing al-Zarqawi several times since his campaign began in mid-2003. Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said the latest hunt began two weeks ago with intelligence from senior leaders of al-Zarqawi's network.
U.S. military spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said U.S. and Iraqi intelligence found al-Zarqawi by following his spiritual adviser, who visited al-Zarqawi at the safe house, prompting the airstrike. He showed a videotape of an attack in which he said F-16 fighter jets dropped two 500-pound bombs on the site.
"We had absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Zarqawi was in the house," Caldwell said, adding that Iraqi and U.S. troops carried out 17 raids around Baghdad after al-Zarqawi's killing.
Initially, al-Maliki said eight people were killed, including al-Zarqawi, but later agreed with the U.S. military that a total of six people died.
The safe house was located in a remote area 30 miles from Baghdad in the volatile province of Diyala, just east of the provincial capital of Baqouba, officials said.
Baqouba has in recent weeks seen a spike in sectarian violence, including the discovery of 17 severed heads in fruit boxes. It also was near the site of a sectarian atrocity last week in which masked gunmen killed 21 Shiites, including a dozen students pulled from minibuses, after separating out four Sunni Arabs.
"Those who disrupt the course of life, like al-Zarqawi, will have a tragic end," the Iraqi prime minister said. He warned those who would follow the militant's lead that "whenever there is a new al-Zarqawi, we will kill him."
"This is a message for all those who embrace violence, killing and destruction to stop and to (retreat) before it's too late," he said. "It is an open battle with all those who incite sectarianism."
Al-Maliki said tips from area residents helped lead to the airstrike. A Jordanian official said the kingdom also gave the U.S. military information on tracking down al-Zarqawi, who claimed responsibility for the triple suicide bombing of hotels in Jordan's capital, which killed 60 people _ mostly Sunni Muslims. The attack drew condemnation from the Arab world, including Islamic militants.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was addressing intelligence issues, said some of the information came from Jordan's sources inside Iraq and led the U.S. military to the Baqouba area.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told The Associated Press that a serious effort to find al-Zarqawi had been under way since he appeared in a videotape in late April _ the same week messages were broadcast by bin Laden and his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri. He said the location where al-Zarqawi appeared in the videotape had been "pinpointed," without elaborating.
A U.S. defense intelligence official, who requested anonymity while events were unfolding, said there is no intelligence indicating that extremists planned attacks that would be triggered by al-Zarqawi's death.
However, his death might bring retaliation, he said.
It was not clear to American authorities who would succeed al-Zarqawi. The official noted that a number of al-Zarqawi deputies have been killed in recent months, which could cause chaos among the group's top tier.
Caldwell, the U.S military spokesman, said an Egyptian-born man he identified as Abu al-Masri will probably take over al-Qaida in Iraq.
In London, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said al-Zarqawi's death "was very good news, because a blow against al-Qaida in Iraq was a blow against al-Qaida everywhere." Afghan President Hamid Karzai called the killing "a significant step in ridding the world of the menace of terrorism."
In Jordan, al-Zarqawi's older brother said the insurgent leader was a martyr.
"We anticipated that he would be killed for a very long time," Sayel al-Khalayleh told The Associated Press by phone from Zarqa, the town from which al-Zarqawi derived his name. The family renounced him in the wake of the Amman bombing.
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Jun 8 2006, 08:16 PM
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I heard that on the news late last night.
Oh well. I'm not going to cry a river for him. His "safe house" wasn't so safe after all, I guess. Tough luck.
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Jun 8 2006, 08:22 PM
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It's a death so.
R.I.P.
But for Him.
Rest in Peices you sad sorry Bastard. I am please he is gone so now I know I can sleep easier without him behind attack again.
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Jun 8 2006, 09:16 PM
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My biology teacher once told me for every terrorist you kill, five more will emerge. But for now, congrats go to the troops.
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Jun 9 2006, 04:01 AM
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- Jun 9 2006, 07:16 AM
My biology teacher once told me for every terrorist you kill, five more will emerge. But for now, congrats go to the troops.
Your biology teacher is quite right, however with a comment like that, people might take it the wrong way and start saying things like "Kill all Arabs". That's not cool.
I have no sympathy for him, nor any other terrorist, but make no mistake that the violence in Iraq that the loveable coalition caused will not come to a rest because one of their bombs landed on a terrorist hideout.
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Jun 11 2006, 08:04 PM
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That is something I would say. So I'll go and say it.
Kill
BUSH AND BLAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jun 11 2006, 09:28 PM
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You know, I hate bringing up 9/11 but there was a rumor throughout some news sites and I think even on the ones on tv that they were after Bush, but then again that's just speculation, also I am just skeptical about the whole Bush administration period, I don't know about anyone else but this movie kinda got to me and might of affected some of my views towards Bush and the ones that are in his office.

Not only that but I'm not into polictics at all, yet me and some buddies had argued over it at times in why he sends all these young kids over to fight a war that is over I believe the term is "black gold"........again though this is all just an opinion cause no one really knows what goes on unless you know someone in the senate or house or even other sources, I wonder what Neb thinks on this or if he's seen the documentary.
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Jun 12 2006, 02:33 AM
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I can't say that I have seen it, but it would be interesting. I'd actually like for O'Reilly or some other far right asswipe to release something similar, so I can become more angry then I've ever become over anything on TV.
Anyway, oil? It's highly possible. I prefer to think of it as Bush exersizing his ego throughout the Middle East. Perhaps the idea was that if they went to Iraq and showed how quickly they could dominate, then the Arabic folks would continue to hand over the oil once it does run out. Now that the war has completely and utterly failed, and has simply become a bloodbath, perhaps Bush has made it more difficult for Westerners down the track. Nice one, Bush. I sincerely hope that one day, that somehow, Bush is put on trial for what he's done. I hope, ignoring the self contradiction that I'll make, that he's put to death in that trial.
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Jun 12 2006, 07:52 PM
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Recently in Afganastan a man was killed in in a battle. He was British and one of my friend's father was in the middle of the battle.
Why the fuck are they in there anyway?
I will write a letter to Tony Blair to tell him what I think of him.
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Jun 13 2006, 01:23 AM
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I find it strange how a lot of people (including Cindy Sheehan) only do something, or concern themselves with this after something happens to them.
If you are going to write a letter, make it sound intelligent.
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Jun 13 2006, 07:45 PM
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This is my prank Letter.
Dear Tony Blair,
You are a Dickhead. I wait to here your reply.
Yours in Christ Luke Fittes.
But I won't. I have backing from alot of people to do it. But I wanna take the safe option.
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Jun 17 2006, 07:39 AM
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I wish I knew where he was being buried so I could make the trip to wherever it is to shit on his grave. May he rot in hell where he belongs.
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Jun 17 2006, 07:43 AM
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I'd say the same for the leaders of the "coalition of the willing".
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