I would be stunned if this didn't turn out to have happened months ago.
Posted on 09/24/2004 6:46:32 AM PDT by marty60
U.S. Creates Task Force to Target Al-Zarqawi
Friday, September 24, 2004
WASHINGTON — U.S. military planners have assembled a special task force charged with finding and neutralizing Jordanian terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search), U.S. officials told FOX News.
Known as Task Force 626, the operation is assembled along the same lines as that of Task Force 121 (search), which searched months before capturing Saddam Hussein and is still hunting Usama bin Laden.
Task Force 626 is smaller than its higher-profile sibling but is similarly made up of CIA operatives, special operations troops from the Navy and the Army, and a handful of investigators.
Members of 626 have fanned out in areas ranging from Baghdad to Fallujah and other areas in the contested al Anbar province in search of al-Zarqawi. While al-Zarqawi is still at large, officials say the task force and other military units have been very successful in eliminating many leaders of his group's leadership.
Many key al-Zarqawi figures have been "whacked," one official told FOX News, citing the missile strike that took out al-Zarqawi's spiritual guide and advisor late last week.
Officials believe they may have taken out as much as half of the members of the senior leadership of al-Zarqawi's group, Tawhid and Jihad (search) — whose name is loosely translated as "Monotheism and Holy War," but they caution that the group harbors many more figures who could rise up and take their places.
Tawhid and Jihad this week claimed responsibility for kidnapping and killing two Americans — Jack Hensley (search) and Eugene Armstrong (search). The group is still holding Briton Kenneth Bigley (search).
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I would be stunned if this didn't turn out to have happened months ago.
They'll get their man. You won't hear it in the headlines but they will get the Al Qaeda terror master you can be sure. If I were Musab Al Zarqawi, I wouldn't count on sleeping in the same bed every night.
And then we play "Wack a Mole" as they rise, just like the Isralis.
What took them so long? The task force probably should be named '666' rather than '626'. Now that would be appropriate!
"Neutralize"???
I certainly hope that is a euphemism for "string him up by his ankles from a light pole and cut his throat."
Wouldn't it be great if the president announced his capture during the first debate? Talk about taking the wind out of Kerry's sails...
FYI: I have to go to a Dr appointment. check in later.
WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE
Heh-heh. Isn't Experiment 626 the project name for Stitch in the "Lilo and Stitch" movie?
Anyone who's seen it may see a little humor in "unleashing 626 on Zarqawi." =D
That is VERY loosely translated. Jihad is "holy war," but "Tawhid" is the Arabic word used to describe Allah's "oneness," which is more than just their belief that there is only one God. This term is used to differentiate from the Christian conception of God, in which God is one God in Three Persons. Muslims obviously don't believe in the Trinity.
One of the problems with trying to nab Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is that he looks like any average Arab. Nothing distinguishing about him. He easily changes his appearance to blend in, and ID cards easy to make.
About the only way we’ll get him is if he is caught with a group of terrorists – and we have either his finger prints or DNA.
This has not been in operation for months? Unbelievable
Buh bye!
GET SOME, guys!!
Drawn and quartered would be too gentle.
So? KILL them all that look like him. Eventually we'll get the "right" one.
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