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WEBSITE: Al Qaeda in Iraq appoints deputy to leader
Sky News ^ | 26 May, 2005 | Sky News

Posted on 05/26/2005 12:10:46 AM PDT by Eurotwit

Just a notice on the screen just now. Is Zarqawi gone?

Zarqawi no longer the leader according to the website.

More to follow I am sure.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; closeaidetozarqawi; iraq; zarqawi
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1 posted on 05/26/2005 12:10:46 AM PDT by Eurotwit
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To: Eurotwit

He's "On vacation."


2 posted on 05/26/2005 12:11:34 AM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
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To: Dog; Cap Huff; TexKat; Coop

New leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq according to website.

Ping.


3 posted on 05/26/2005 12:12:14 AM PDT by Eurotwit (WI)
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To: Eurotwit
I think the rat-bastard is dead. Can't wait to hear the details!
4 posted on 05/26/2005 12:12:39 AM PDT by Pro-Bush (Can't afford Medical care? Thank an illegal alien.)
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NEW DEPUTY LEADER FOR AL QAEDA

Al Qaeda says it has appointed a new deputy leader after Abu Musab al Zarqawi was wounded, according to reorts.


Al Zarqawi has been behind the violence aimed at Coalition forces following the invasion of Iraq.

He is also thought to be personally responsible for beheading a number of hostages, including Briton Kenneth Bigley.

More follows...

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1183317,00.html


5 posted on 05/26/2005 12:13:43 AM PDT by Eurotwit (WI)
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To: Eurotwit; TexKat; Gucho; onyx; Grampa Dave

Well, how about that...


6 posted on 05/26/2005 12:14:00 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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To: Eurotwit

Looks like Liverpool won but can't be verified.


7 posted on 05/26/2005 12:14:06 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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To: Eurotwit
Is Zarqawi gone?

No such luck. Just 12-week family leave. To have his colon unkinked.

8 posted on 05/26/2005 12:16:08 AM PDT by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

Zarq got zapped?


9 posted on 05/26/2005 12:16:55 AM PDT by zarf
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To: Eurotwit

I guess he got dead.


10 posted on 05/26/2005 12:17:36 AM PDT by Miss Behave (Do androids dream of electric sheep?)
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To: Hank Rearden

Nothing like a Al Qaeda field hospital to help relieve the pain. Maybe they can amputate his head.


11 posted on 05/26/2005 12:17:58 AM PDT by zarf
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To: Eurotwit
The new guy can at least rest a little easier tonight.

It seems that it is always numbers 2 and 3 that get taken out more often.

12 posted on 05/26/2005 12:18:14 AM PDT by Flyer (I've seen your king come and go here)
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To: Eurotwit; All
Iraq's al Qaeda said on Thursday it had appointed a deputy to lead the group until Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who it said was wounded, could resume command, according to a statement posted on the Internet.

"The leaders met after the wounding of our Sheikh Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, may God heal him, and decided to appoint a deputy to assume the leadership until the return of our Sheikh safely," the group said in a statement posted on an Islamist Web site.

The statement could not be immediately verified

Reuters
13 posted on 05/26/2005 12:19:06 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative (Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

How can Roto-Reuters not verify it? Isn't Al Qaeda Iraq HQ down the hall?


14 posted on 05/26/2005 12:23:13 AM PDT by Crazieman (If Con is the opposite of Pro, what is the opposite of Progress?)
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To: West Coast Conservative

I'm of the opinion that al-Zarqawi would allow the public appointing of a new leader over his dead body. Oops, I said dead body.


15 posted on 05/26/2005 12:24:52 AM PDT by Miss Behave (Do androids dream of electric sheep?)
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To: Eurotwit
At the rate our troops are killing these Clymers off, it seems they'll have to appoint one their few remaining tea boys with the most seniority.
16 posted on 05/26/2005 12:29:05 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Pray for us all.)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel
He's "On vacation."

In Paris
17 posted on 05/26/2005 12:29:07 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth...)
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To: Eurotwit

I hope we see zarqs head !!!!


18 posted on 05/26/2005 12:29:35 AM PDT by Deetes (God Bless the Troops)
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To: Deetes

Isn't there some mention of a beast with a neck wound somewhere?


19 posted on 05/26/2005 12:33:01 AM PDT by FireTrack
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To: Eurotwit

Thanks for the ping.

This all could still be an elaborate ruse to slip Z out of harm's way, but it is looking more and more like the slow lead in to his obit.


20 posted on 05/26/2005 12:38:44 AM PDT by Cap Huff
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