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Zarqawi 'harder to catch' than Saddam
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1248006.htm

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Iraqi insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is harder to catch than Saddam Hussein but the chances may have improved since he fled Fallujah, a US general says.

General Ray Odierno was part of the team who captured Saddam, after the ousting of his government last year.

He says that Zarqawi, an ally of Al Qaeda, has a well-organised guerrilla network moving him between hide-outs.

However, he says that US defeat of insurgents in Fallujah could have disrupted Zarqawi's co-ordination because he lost his main base.

"I think (with) Saddam, after the fall, there was no organisation, he was fleeing for his life, whereas I think Zarqawi is a little more organised... he has a more organised group around him than Saddam Hussein," Gen Odierno said.

"That's what makes it a bit more difficult with Zarqawi."


364 posted on 11/20/2004 9:03:16 PM PST by nwctwx
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365 posted on 11/20/2004 9:09:36 PM PST by little jeremiah (Moral absolutes are what make humans human.)
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