Posted on 05/28/2005 7:15:38 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Al-Qaidas leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had fled the country after being seriously injured in a U.S. missile attack, a British newspaper reported on Sunday, quoting a senior commander of the Iraqi insurgency.
Al-Zarqawi has shrapnel lodged in his chest and may have been moved to Iran, The Sunday Times newspaper reported, adding his supporters may try to move him on to another country for an operation.
The paper quoted an unnamed insurgency commander as saying the Jordanian-born militant was wounded three weeks ago when a U.S. missile hit his convoy near the northwestern Iraqi city of al Qaim.
Shrapnel went in between the right shoulder and his chest, ripped it open and is still stuck there, the commander said, adding a second piece of shrapnel penetrated Zarqawis chest but exited from his back.
There was concern about spinal injuries, the commander said. But his ability to move eliminated that fear.
The Sunday Times said Zarqawi, accused of masterminding many of the worst insurgent attacks in Iraq, was carried from his vehicle after the missile strike and given basic first aid in a hideout.
When he became delirious with fever four days later he was taken to hospital in the city of Ramadi, 68 miles west of Baghdad, it said. The paper did not say when the commander was speaking but said the source had proved reliable in the past.
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Looks like we will have a bunch of "he is dead", "he lives threads"
Source is a blog, not official:
http://www.hammorabi.blogspot.com/
Alert: Zarqawi died
The Jordanian thug Fadhel Nazal Al-Khalayla (Zarqawi) 38 years has died.
He received treatment from Arab doctors who were not very experts and lacking intensive care equipments which he needed for his puncture in the right lung. His wounds infection gets resistance to the antibiotics. He had what is called septicemia which is according to doctors an infection of the blood resulted from infected wound. Zarqawi's systems started to fail including his kidney and liver.
He died and now in the hands of the Keepers of the Hell in its worst level.
His family in Jordan preparing and expected to do Fataha (funeral for him soon).
Jordan again put itself in the opposite front of the civilized world and with the terrorist.
The Iraqis and all other civilised people should protest strongly against any funeral events for Zarqawi in Jordan
Send in Special Forces to retrieve him in Iran or any place where he may be having an operation.
Wonder how they got that interview?
Wait one second-
""a British newspaper reported on Sunday, quoting a senior commander of the Iraqi insurgency.""
A British newspaper can find and interview the senior commander of the Iraqi insurgency but the US government can't.
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Does the name Adid mean anything to you?
At least until the next sighting that is.
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I hope he is suffering !!!!
The story here is whether or not Zarqawi is injured or possibly killed not that he has fled Iraq. Cause from what I understand he's been in and out of Iraq all the time for years.
actually, no it doesn't.
The US Gummit is not an ally of Al Queda!
Pray for W and Our Troops
Hope he goes somewhere a hell of a lot hotter.
Ping!
From Will Collier at Vodkapundit.com:
Hey, If Newsweek Can Spread Unsubstantiated Rumors...
Posted by Will Collier · 26 May 2005 · Permalink
I'm hearing quite a bit of chatter through the USAF contractor grapevine that Zarqawi is dead. The only reason I mention it here is, the rumor is apparently rampant at Hurlburt AFB Field, home of the Air Force Special Ops guys, some of whom would be in a position to know such things.
Take it for what you paid for it, but I certainly hope the murderous son of a bitch is assuming room temperature in Hell.
Too bad it wasn't the left side.
Good chance he'd be dead, Jim.
If true, then it's great news. It will be interesting to see how the Iraqi terrorists react to their leader fleeing in shock.
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