Posted on 01/04/2005 6:21:48 AM PST by Ellesu
no link yet.
there's ONE scenario that gives this the hint of credibility..assume, hypothetically, that we grabbed him..most likely he raided a safe house, caught him and a few aides..and were able to monitor that there were NO transmissions from the site before the raid..ergo..the terrorists don't KNOW for sure that their head honcho has been caught. we want to keep them guessing.and we want to interrogate him, without having to play nice by the rules..so, we'd never admit to having him..
I hope we caught him it, at the very least it would be a great moral victory. but Zarqawi arrests seem to be like Elvis sightings these days
There's a lot of smoke...
Almost midnight in Baghdad.....
another thread just posted from the Kurds...actually, I was trying to wonder why we'd let it leak..and it came to me..this is classic disinformation..."hide in plain site" if you will...BTW..he'll never see the light of day publicly..he will give it up..then vanish into a sand dune..
I would expect that Allawi would be the man to bring this public, not the Pentagon. This would be a huge political victory for him on the eve of elections, and would hopefully raise the morale of the electorate - the Bogeyman is off the streets.
So, with that in mind, I think we should see what Iraqi leadership does...
I've been listening to FOX for a couple of hours or 2, & haven't heard a word regarding his capture. Not yet, anyway. I did hear his name mentioned when they discussed the asassination of the governor & his 6 bodyguards, saying that it was done by his supporters; but that's it.
Even as I write this, they mentioned the headlines after a commercial break & nothing was said about it.
OK I have two choices:
1 - Forward this story as "breaking news" to all my friends at work, only to take a big chance of apologizing for jumping the gun once again and taking all their flack for getting my news from freerepublic. Or,
2 - WAIT for conformation and miss-out on breaking a BIG STORY.
I'm choosing option 2. My bet is this is a bogus story. I sure hope I'm wrong.
Actually its only 6:45 in Baghdad atm...
it'll never be admitted to publicly...because then the media cries will begin about his "treatment" and interrogation, and you'd have to have a trial....nope..he's a goner..
Why?..did she swallow the fly?
Sheesh how many al-Zarqawi's are there?
We've caught him at least 6 times today and at least 4-5 times in the last 6 months.
Sort of like the bin Laden rumors of capture in Iran starting last January.
I hope it's true but waiting for the confirmation.......
(note: was posting this to one of the duplicate threads when it got pulled)
Iraq is sovereign. He'd be under their jurisdiction - and at this point, I don't think the Amnesty International types hold much sway with Baghdad. I suppose we could extradite him to the U.S. for crimes against Americans, but his rap sheet is much longer against other Iraqis.
Drudge
WIRE: 'TARGET #1': al-Zarqawi reportedly arrested in Iraq...
PENTAGON NOT COMMENTING ON MID-EAST PRESS REPORTS... DEVELOPING...
Absolutely great news.
Unnnnnnnnnnnnngh
Someone made note of the sudden shift of hunting Bin Laden in cities instead of the mountainside. I don't think it's farfetched to theorize that this could be related to a Zarqawi capture and some useful information....
It's kind of fun to speculate. But we'll know probably before noon whether or not these reports hold water.
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