Posted on 05/25/2005 9:47:24 PM PDT by Deetes
BAGHDAD, May 25 -- Insurgents said Wednesday in interviews and statements on the Internet that the leader of the group al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab Zarqawi, was struggling with a gunshot wound to the lung. One of Zarqawi's commanders said the Jordanian guerrilla was receiving oxygen, heightening suspicion that the groundwork was being laid for an announcement of his replacement or death.
In the volatile western province of Anbar, meanwhile, U.S. Marines clashed with gunmen in their second major offensive there this month. A combined U.S. and Iraqi force of roughly 1,000 troops killed 10 insurgents as it began a sweep of Haditha, the U.S. military said. The offensive followed an increase in insurgent attacks on Marines posted at a dam near that small city, 125 miles northwest of Baghdad.
Among the 10 dead fighters was a man identified by residents as a Muslim cleric who was shot as he fired on troops with an AK-47 assault rifle, the U.S. military said in a statement.
On the second day of reporting about Zarqawi's condition, insurgents offered no tangible evidence that he had suffered a potentially fatal wound. Some of Zarqawi's rank-and-file fighters and one of his top lieutenants have said he was wounded in an ambush by U.S. Marines and Iraqi forces over the weekend around the western city of Ramadi. A U.S. military official, Lt. Col. David Lapan, said Wednesday that he had found no record of such an ambush.
The insurgents' accounts suggested that steady U.S. and Iraqi military pressure was taking a toll on Zarqawi's group. In an interview Tuesday, the Zarqawi lieutenant, Abu Karrar, said his group was weighing both foreigners and Iraqis as possible successors to Zarqawi if he died.
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Yeah, sure--how many times has he been reported wounded now? Next time it'll be "Zarqawi Shot In Iron Lung"
Thank you for your service !!! :-)
Is it just me, or is WaPo trying to make some sort of brave hero out of this animal?
As war is 90% disinformation, I wouldn't think too much of the story.
Bingo.
Ellen Knickmeyer begins this article with- "Insurgents said..." and I conclude with "Show us his head..."
Sounds painful.
Excellent.
He is wounded in his right lung, in which the bullets crossed and remained in his back," Iraqi said. Zarqawi, who is about 39, "is being given respiration," the lieutenant said, without elaborating. He suggested that if Zarqawi survived, he might become "a spiritual leader for the group,
If only it was true except for the spiritual leader part...
COOL Dead pool alert LOL!
Never have seen a gunshot wound to the chest described as a wound to the lung.
Sucking chest wound? Traumatic pneumothorax ---> tension pneumothorax? We can only hope.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000090.htm
"Any condition that leads to pneumothorax can cause a tension pneumothorax. In an uncomplicated pneumothorax, air can enter and leave the pleural space easily. In tension pneumothorax, however, air enters the pleural space with each breath and becomes trapped there."
"As the amount of trapped air accumulates, pressure builds up in the chest. The lung collapses on that side and may push the important structures in the center of the chest (such as the heart, major blood vessels, and airways) toward the other side of the chest. The shift may cause compression of the opposite lung and may affect the flow of blood returning to the heart."
"This situation can lead to low blood pressure, shock, and death. Tension pneumothorax is a life-threatening emergency."
Slow...lingering...painful...relentless death, followed by a descent in to the fiery abyss. No virgins.
Pray daily for our troops, I'm still waiting on GWII.
That'd work.
I sure would, Mr. BipolarBob, does this kinda moral morass of War, bother you?
A death of ten thousand cuts....most appropriate.
i wonder if he's opposed to western medicine?
"Is it just me, or is WaPo trying to make some sort of brave hero out of this animal?"
His commanders, rank-and-file fighters, and one of his top lieutenants say that as an insurgent and a guerrilla leader, the Washington Post simply would never negatively write up anything about Zarqawi. It's not like he's a murdering terrorist who targets Iraqi women and children or anything, right? /sarc
And yes, that clause is intentionally hanging to allow room for proper interpretation both ways.
Bump! ;-)
I'm gonna hold your thought.
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