[TomGuy]

Let's wish the special force success soon in eradicating Zarqawi from the living. Otherwise, Zarqawi will be a menace for the next decade, and he'll make OBL look like a novice. Zarqawi is an evil many times worse the OBL. Right now, he just doesn't have the financial backing. If he succeeds in the eyes of potential benefactors, they will finance him, just like Iranian mullahs are financing al-Sadr; and the evil both will cause is unimaginable.

[carl in alaska]

I think we'll nail Zarqawi in the next few months. That $25 million reward and safe passage out of Iraq is awfully inviting to people in this area of Iraq.

[hummingbird]

Zarqawi is an evil many times worse the OBL. Right now, he just doesn't have the financial backing.

I agree. I'll step out on this one & say that Zarqawi has always been the "mastermind" - has always been #1. OBL has always been #2 with the responsibility for providing the "charisma" in order to recruit and fundraise. The bonus in this setup is always having the focus on OBL instead of the brains of the operation, Zarqawi. We get to do the public hate on OBL (and justifiably so) but Zarqawi is the head of snake and always has been. IMHO.

Of course, Zarqawi knows he is being hunted down by all means necessary & he has to know that someone somewhere would be willing to turn him in if they did not fear for their life or something along those lines. That's got to make a fella a little shaky and prone to error...so reminding him, frequently, that he is target #1 is probably a good tactic. Again, IMHO!