Here's a new one for 'im, then:
Posted on 06/10/2006 10:34:04 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- For the second day running, extremist websites were clad in black, as they mourned the death of Iraq’s most wanted terrorist, Abu Musab al Zarqawi.
While many sites speculated about Abu Mohammed al Masri, who the US army suggested would take over the helm of al Qaeda in Iraq, the bayaa, or ceremony to pledge allegiance to al Zarqawi’s deputy, Abu Abdel Rahman al Iraqi, appeared to have already started.
An extremist leader, using a screen name, asked, “Could the American forces appoint a successor to al Zarqawi?” Others cast doubt about whether al Masri would take over the running of al Qaeda’s activities in Iraq . Several websites broadcast taped messages purportedly of Abu Abdel Rahman al Iraqi, who announced in a statement, which can’t be authenticated, the death of Abu Musab, signed by the Muhajideen Shura Council’s Media Committee, dominated by al Qaeda in Iraq . “We announce the martyrdom of our mujahid sheikh Abu Musab al Zarqawi in the land of the Two Rivers.”
A new website was created to mark the occasion. It includes the most-wanted terrorists’ statements and commands to his followers prior to his death. The Falluja Media Center for Jihad also broadcast taped messages apparently of Abu Abdul Rahman al Iraqi.
Other websites also featured inciting articles which deplored the death of Abu Musab, such as “Whereas al Zarqawi has died, in the umma, there will a thousand more Zarqawi.” Sif al Adl, a nickname for a senior terrorist figure, was also accepting congratulations for Abu Musab’s death online.
For their part, websites close to al Qaeda re-posted several articles on the continuation of jihad, irrespective of the leaders in charge, including a commentary by Youssef al Ayiri, believed to have founded al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia and who was killed in June 2003. In another article, the Egyptian Islamist Hani al Sibai, who lives in London , extolled the virtues of Ibn al Khattab, the Saudi warlord in Chechnya who died in 2002. For his part, the renowned Kuwaiti Islamist, known on militant forums as Hamid bin Abdullah al Ali, didn’t wait for a confirmation of Abu Musab’s death to “celebrated the news of his martyrdom. “Al Zarqawi is a martyr; herald the upcoming victory in Iraq ”, he said.
The Jordanian terrorist’s death was lamented by a large number of militant Islamist internet users, sometimes in lengthy poems. “It is true the lion and leader has been killed. If al Zarqawi was killed, in our nation there are millions and millions Zarqawis”, wrote an extremist known as Abu Kana. “Our nation is well, if al Zarqawi died a martyr, thousands will follow in his footsteps”, he added.
Some websites opened a “book of condolences” and others a “book of congratulations", while several writers called for special prayers to be held in memory of al Zarqawi in mosques worldwide. The Jordanian’s sole appearance in a recent videotape was replayed on a number of websites, alongside pictures of the terrorist.
However, support for al Zarqawi was far from unanimous. In a number of Islamist forums, posters criticized the Jordanian terrorist and decried his violent streak and random killings. “Abu Musab exaggerated his significance and his vanity. His hands were sullied with the pure blood of the people of the Sunna. The main Sunni mujahideen groups are displeased with what he is and his groups are doings, including the random killings and attacks and the barbaric bombings carried out throughout Iraq ”, one person wrote. “Ahla al Sunna in Iraq dissociate themselves from him and exonerate themselves from him.”
One Islamist advised his jihadist comrades to “Be patient and wait.” Another said, “Al Zarqawi died but the pinnacle of Islam continues. It will remain as long as the Quran remains and its verses are memorized and quoted in the speech of the muhajideen.”
Another appeared to be overrun by emotions. “By Allah, I am lost for words. I have lost the light of my life. “
Meanwhile, Muntasir al Zayat, the Islamist lawyer in Egypt , told Asharq al Awsat, “I ask God to have mercy on his soul. I call on God to forgive him. I disagreed with the way al Zarqawi carried out some operations, outside the realm of legitimate resistance in Iraq, despite his pure intentions to drive away the occupation in Iraq.”
As for the effect of al Zarqawi’s absence on al Qaeda in Iraq , al Zayat said, “A temporary confusion will reign across the organization. This is normal and to be expected. But, I believe al Qaeda will overcome this confusion quickly, given that a religious group with many independent cells, will have taken into consideration the absence of its leader, or his death or imprisonment. New alternative leaders will be ready to take his place.”
Good news ping.
The candidates for the #1 job will all be provided with a big Bulls Eye.....
Looser noobs, the lot of them.
Bring it on.
The Men in the Shadows -- Hunting al-Zarqawi ~~ Task Force 145
This thread has a link to a nice formatted list of the 200 close aides in the Zarqawi organization Killed and captured by the TF 145 organization,....list put together by the SecurityWatchtower Blog.
LMBO!
Can I ask you why the hell we're doing an autopsy?
I saw it on the BBC site, didn't believe it, so I googled.
Sure enough. You think you've heard moonbat theories so far... wait until they hear this.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198996,00.html
http://www.abc4.com/news/world/story.aspx?content_id=F2B0F437-6DBB-40A8-91BF-0CE7D74F65A5
DU, Daily Kos, etc., etc., etc.
DU mentioned?
They forgot to include DUh and Daily KaOS as extremist sites in mourning. Note there is NO sarcasm in this post.
“Our nation is well, if al Zarqawi died a martyr, thousands will follow in his footsteps”.
Bingo ! diaperhead, go directly to the head of the class.
if al Zarqawi died a martyr, thousands will follow in his footsteps”, he added.
One can only hope.
The song: "You had a Bad Day" by Daniel Powter.
It cracked me up.
Related item:
Tips from Zarqawi circle led to death: US
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A tip off from within Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's circle enabled US forces to "deliver justice" against the wanted militant with two 500 pound (227 kg) bombs that obliterated his safe house, US and other officials said.
The isolated house near the troubled city of Baquba, about 60 km north of Baghdad, was left a crater of tangled concrete and steel after the devastating strikes last night, according to a US military video.
Major General Bill Caldwell, spokesman for Multi-National Forces in Iraq, said Zarqawi hunters had been closing in on Osama bin Laden's anointed "prince" in Iraq for about six weeks.
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld justified the decision to launch the deadly strike by two F-16 jets, rather than try to capture Zarqawi.
Top commanders "came to a conclusion that they could not really go in on the ground without running the risk of having him (Zarqawi) escape, so they used air power and attacked the dwelling that he was in, having a meeting," Rumsfeld told a Brussels press conference.
Zarqawi and five others were killed, Caldwell said in Baghdad. He said one had been tentatively identified as the al-Qaeda frontman's spiritual adviser, whom he named simply as Sheikh Abdel Rahman, without giving a family name.
Caldwell said a woman and child were also among the dead from the attack that the United States has hailed as a major blow against al-Qaeda and terrorism.
The United States has had a special unit, Task Force 145, hunting Zarqawi for almost three years in Iraq. It is reportedly made up of elite Delta Force and SEAL operatives.
President George W Bush confirmed that US special forces took part in the operation and that inside information led to the attack.
"At 6.15pm Baghdad time (0015 Thursday AEST), special operation forces, acting on tips and intelligence from Iraqis, confirmed Zarqawi's location, and delivered justice to the most wanted terrorist in Iraq," Bush said at the White House.
Caldwell said the trail to Zarqawi had gone through Sheikh Abdel Rahman.
"Zarqawi's whereabouts and his movements and things came about through, obviously, Sheikh (Abdel) Rahman, through various means of other intelligence over the last couple of weeks."
Abdel Rahman "was brought to our attention by somebody within the network of Zarqawi's," said the military spokesman.
A senior Jordanian official said his country supplied crucial information following the arrest last month of an Iraqi al-Qaeda operative linked to Zarqawi.
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Ziad Khalaf al-Karbuli confessed on Jordanian television on May 23 to links to Zarqawi, saying that he murdered a Jordanian driver and abducted two Moroccan embassy employees last year.
Caldwell would not comment on the source of the information but described Jordan as "an extremely important friend and partner".
"We had cleared up evidence about a month and a half ago that allowed us to start necking down to the point where we were able to prosecute the action last night against the safe house," Caldwell said.
"We had absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Zarqawi was in the house," the spokesman said, adding that Abdel Rahman was also known to be inside.
"Last night was the first time that we have had definitive, unquestionable information as to exactly where he was located, knowing that we could strike that target without causing collateral damage to other Iraqi civilians and personnel in the area."
The bombs sent debris over a wide area. After the strike, Iraqi security forces were the first to inspect the devastation. They were soon followed by US forces from the 4th Infantry Division.
Zarqawi's body was badly battered but it was almost immediately identified visually, Caldwell said. Later it was taken away for examination and matched to known scars and tattoos. The spokesman said a fingerprint check was also positive but that DNA checks were expected to be completed in 48 hours.
Rumsfeld paid his own bitter valedictory to the slain al-Qaeda leader.
"I think arguably over the last several years no single person on this planet has had the blood of more innocent men, women and children on his hands than Zarqawi. He personified the dark, sadistic and mediaeval vision of the future of beheadings and suicide bombings and indiscriminate killings."
AFP
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AQIDS (Al Quaeda is deeply saddened)
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