Posted on 03/28/2005 5:34:39 AM PST by areafiftyone
Iraqi security forces have surrounded Iraq’s most-wanted terrorist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the country’s interior minister said today.
Al-Zarqawi, the leader of the terror network al Qaida in Iraq, has eluded arrest while kidnapping and killing people in Iraq. Yesterday, militants posted a video on the internet showing the purported execution of a man identifying himself as Interior Ministry official Col. Ryadh Gatie Olyway.
“We have not arrested al Zarqawi,” Interior Minister Falah al-Nakib said during a news conference. “He is surrounded in a certain area, and we hope for the best. This operation is ongoing. We hope that the situation will be completely different in Iraq at the end of this year.”
Al-Nakib said al-Zarqawi was moving in “more than one area,” but he refused to give details.
The outgoing interior minister also predicted the insurgency was nearing an end.
“It think it will collapse very soon,” he said, adding: “Maybe by the end of this year, we will see a change, depending on the political situation
Well, it's been a while. We're due for another one of these.
True. This is a breaking News source from Ireland it looks like. I don't know how credible it is. Well I guess its better than "we have him on the run" or "we almost, could have, would have, captured him!".
Send in the First ID, don't leave it up to the Iraqis to capture him.
Let's see... by my count this is the 263rd time...
Don't we have this story every Sunday? I guess it was delayed one day because of the Holiday.
Man, it would be GREAT if it was true, though, but I agree that you should wait until it is verified.
DOn't hold your breath. That being said, I'm all for the return of public stake burnings when they get hold of this scumbag.
We can hope.
I'm glad you didn't. There's nothing remotely breaking about this story. Zarqawi is supposedly surrounded in a certain area, and this government official hopes by the end of the year he'll be captured/killed. wow
He must be down to his last 5 senior lieutenants.
My count is a bit lower but yours is probably more accurate, I missed a few days of news while on vacation.
Great pictures!
Encore indeed.
I am looking for other sources. I will post them here if I find them.
This guy is like Bin Laden - We won't capture either one. Just a gut feeling!
What fascinates me about this picture is that the power pole in the center is severed and hanging by it's wires, while the one right next to the house is still intact. Maybe they were under orders not to knock the power out. Just a strange thing. Reminds me of once when I was detailed out of Goodfellow AFB with some other Intel grunts to do tornado cleanup. We found a fully stocked refrigerator in a cornfield at least 1 mile from any damaged houses/trailer. Inside was a dozen eggs, unbroken, in their little cubbie holes. The wonders of styrofoam and the structural strength of an egg, indeed.
Zarqawi gets caught more than syphillis at a Kennedy family reunion.
Again?
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