Posted on 05/11/2005 6:40:58 AM PDT by Quilla
Baghdad, 11 May (AKI) - The Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is "serious injured, possibly dead" according to Colonel Fouad Hani Hassan, commander of the fifth division of the Iraqi armed forces, cited by 'Elaph', one of the most popular websites in the Arab world. Al-Zarqawi, considered al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, is believed to have been injured in the major offensive US-led forces have been carrying out in the western Anbar province over the last few days.
Operation Matador is centred around the town of Qaim, just a few kilometres from the Syrian border, and is aimed at destroying the strongholds of foreign fighters coming over the border into Iraq to join the insurgency. It's the fourth day of violent fighting around the town, which has been surrounded by troops since Saturday night. Bombing is said to be heavy in the town, where there has been house-to-house fighting between troops and insurgents.
The satellite TV channel Al-Arabiya reported on Wednesday that two US military helicopters were brought down during clashes in villages near Qaim, where military aircraft had been carrying out bombing raids to root out Islamic militants from their hideouts.
On Tuesday, Raja Nawaf, the newly-appointed governor of the Anbar province was kidnapped near Qaim and his family was told he would only be released if US troops pulled out of the town. A US military spokesman responded to the news by reiterating that they do not give into terrorist demands.
While Operation Matador is not specifically aimed at catching al-Zarqawi, Brig. Gen. James Conway told a Pentagon news briefing on Tuesday that "it would be a welcome event to come across him or his body."
This is the biggest US military operation since the offensive on the rebel-held town of Fallujah in November last year. More than 1,000 troops are involved and at least 15 US soldiers are said to have died in the fighting so far. The US military claims some 100 militants have been killed, but inside sources have admitted however, that they have encountered strong resistance in the town, with the insurgents demonstrating a high level of training.
Heh heh!! Yeah, that'd be good too.
I remember seeing the two dead Hussein boys and thinking..."Mmmm! I'm gonna make a couple of pumpkin pies!"
Yes, and Elvis is also performing in Qaim.
Don't believe it until you see his head on a pike. He's trying the same as bin Laden; put out reports he's sick or dead and let the pressure ease off until he's ready to strike again.
bin Laden's done that, and there's FReepers who believe he's dead, even when he's on video referring to an event from only a few weeks before.
How about in a dirty cardboard box packed with dry ice?
Or Arafat.
bumpity bump.
Just remember, we killed Saddam at least 3 times before we finally captured him.
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| Posted by Cap Huff On News/Activism ^ 03/04/2004 5:30:13 AM EST · 20 replies · 27+ views Hi Pakistan ^ | 4 March 2004 | Unknown BAGHDAD: A Jordanian extremist suspected of bloody suicide attacks in Iraq was killed some time ago in U.S. bombing and a letter outlining plans for fomenting sectarian war is a forgery, a statement allegedly from an insurgent group west of the capital said. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in the Sulaimaniyah mountains of northern Iraq "during the American bombing there," according to a statement circulated in Fallujah this week and signed by the "Leadership of the Allahu Akbar Mujahedeen." There was no way to verify the authenticity of the statement, one of many leaflets put out by a variety of... |
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| Posted by TexKat On News/Activism ^ 03/06/2005 4:49:47 PM EST · 346 replies · 15,644+ views Albawaba ^ | 3/6/05 Iraqi sources have told a Saudi newspaper that al-Qaeda's man in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been arrested. Al Watan daily said Sunday that the official announcement on the arrest was delayed until a new Iraqi government is in place. The purported arrest supposedly took place on the Iraqi - Syrian border, the report added. It should be mentioned that CNN aired on Saturday new pictures believed to show al-Zarqawi, who is America's most-wanted man in Iraq. The Saudi paper said that the arrest of al-Zarqawi was completed ahead the recent visit of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in... |
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| Posted by SandRat On News/Activism ^ 01/22/2005 4:15:36 PM EST · 76 replies · 2,117+ views NewsMax.com ^ | 01/22/05 Iraq's interior minister on Saturday refused to comment on rumors that the top terror leader in the country had been taken into custody. "I wouldn't like to comment for the time being," Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib said when asked about rumors that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been arrested. "Let's see. Maybe in the next few days we will make a comment about it." Pressing him, a reporter asked, "Does that mean he is in custody?" "No comment," the minister repeated. The rumors about al-Zarqawi followed an interview aired on an Arab television station earlier this month in which a Saudi... |
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| Posted by jbwbubba On News/Activism ^ 01/22/2005 1:03:31 PM EST · 57 replies · 2,378+ views Jerusalem Post ^ Iraq's interior minister on Saturday refused to comment on rumors that the top terror leader in the country had been taken into custody. "I wouldn't like to comment for the time being," Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib said when asked about rumors that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been arrested. "Let's see. Maybe in the next few days we will make a comment about it." Pressing him, a reporter asked, "Does that mean he is in custody?" "No comment," the minister repeated. The rumors about al-Zarqawi followed an interview aired on an Arab television station earlier this month in which a Saudi... |
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I'll believes it when I sees it.
Kaboom!!
Idi Amin died a dozen times before it was official. Heck, the Pope kicked at least 30 times on here in one day...
Is this the same news agency that declared Pope John Paul II dead the day before his actual death?
I see it's out of Italy, so I wonder.
He's been down and out more times than Arafat.
I'll believe it when they show a picture of his corpse or a video of him being checked for lice.
Sorry...the number you dialed is out of order. please hang up and try again... :-)
Yes, the lice check. With Saddam that was both gross and funny at the same time.
Just smear the body with bacon grease, dress it in pigskin head to toe, put it in an unmarked grave in the middle of the desert and put the video up on a website.
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