Posted on 05/28/2005 7:15:38 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Al-Qaida’s 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 Zarqawi’s 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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This sort of confirms the report by an Iraqi doctor that some men brought Zarqawi into his hospital and forced him to treat his injuries, then sped off the injured man with some drugs to prevent infection.
No, Wimpy - he has a sense of style, unlike certain unbathed, ungroomed pedophile followers that currently possess nukes and harbor a known terrorist leader. Any more silly-assed, irrelevant questions, or are you content to flap your wings back to the Democratic Underground by the light of the moon? I await you response with bated breath.
Not.
I know what you're thinkin'
What you're thinkin' is easy to see
I know what you're dreamin'
I have those same dreams
Wow!
Reach up to the feet of God
Lookin' for a sign
It was right here all the time, time, time, time!
I am you and you are me
(Do you believe?)
Don't ya trust me?
Me Wise Magic
Ow, baby hold on
(If you could see)
Through my eyes
Me Wise Magic
Ow, hold on
Van Halen w/David Lee Roth, Best of Van Halen, Volume I
He's Dead, Jim!
He's alive, Jim!
He's seriously wounded, Jim!
He's still alive, thanks to Arafat's doctors and mediots, Jim!
He was seen in an Iranian 7-11 with Elvis and Osama, Jim!
We could start a whole daily thread with Z sitings ^-^
"We could start a whole daily thread with Z sitings ^-^"
Z Sittings, sightings or sitings.
See Z cite the Quran
See Z cite a site
See Z sight mecca
See Z sip green tea.
See Z bleeding where his arms, legs and chest used to be!
See Z sleep for eternity.
ZZZZzzzzzzzzzz......
AAAAUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!! {pulling out hair...)
Keep your eye on the guys behind the counters at your local 7-11s and Circle Ks.
"Keep your eye on the guys behind the counters at your local 7-11s and Circle Ks."
He could be a customer stopping in for a day old hot dog, slurpie and some smokes.
Where is Waldo Z?
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