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Zarqawi may have been killed in Mosul (White House: "highly unlikely")
Jerusalem Post ^ | Nov. 20, 2005

Posted on 11/20/2005 9:17:37 AM PST by Mount Athos

Edited on 11/20/2005 4:25:33 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

At least one Arab television media outlet reported that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of the al-Qaida in Iraq, was killed in Iraq on Sunday afternoon when eight terrorists blew themselves up in the in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

The unconfirmed report claimed that the explosions occurred after coalition forces surrounded the house in which al-Zarqawi was hiding.

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are looking into whether al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a gunfight in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a U.S. official said on Sunday, but a White House spokesman said that was "highly unlikely."

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To: No Blue States

If true what is the effect politically on Bush and the war effort?


441 posted on 11/20/2005 1:11:39 PM PST by woofie
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To: GaltMeister
The DUmmies will be deeply saddedned by this.


442 posted on 11/20/2005 1:12:12 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: babygene
""but I pray it's true" I HOPE that it's true as well, but maybe you should keep God out of it..."

Why is that? Its not wrong to pray that God brings justice on a mass murderer.

443 posted on 11/20/2005 1:12:14 PM PST by No Blue States
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To: No Blue States

Its not easy.

You gotta put all the pieces back together.

Its like a big jigsaw puzzle with classical physics thrown in. Like how far the heads were blown away.

Can you imagine trying to find 16 big toes?


444 posted on 11/20/2005 1:12:27 PM PST by montomike
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To: Mount Athos

Bring out your dead.


445 posted on 11/20/2005 1:12:31 PM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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To: woofie

I would think it would be a boost to both, and no small boost to Iraqis and their dreams of freedom and stability.


446 posted on 11/20/2005 1:13:19 PM PST by No Blue States
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To: nicmarlo

"HE PISSED OFF KING ABDULLAH!"

Someone calling for your head (literally) would have that affect, wouldn't it?

I hope this report turns out to be accurate this time.


447 posted on 11/20/2005 1:13:41 PM PST by loboinok (Gun Control is hitting what you aim at!)
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To: Mount Athos

How many times has this many "died".

Lets hope this time it's true.


448 posted on 11/20/2005 1:14:07 PM PST by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
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To: loboinok

a cat is a very apt description...

We have gotten pieces of him in at least 2 different air bombings so far in the past 2 years and he was also shot in the chest at one point.


449 posted on 11/20/2005 1:14:28 PM PST by MikefromOhio (We don't give a damn for the WHOLE state of Michigan.....)
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And definately a boost to our Troops imo.


450 posted on 11/20/2005 1:14:39 PM PST by No Blue States
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To: woofie

It depends on if they are smart enough to have the president give a prime time speech to the nation and how well he gives the speech.

If it is a blockbuster he could buy us another 6 months before the media starts become listless for a withdrawl.


451 posted on 11/20/2005 1:14:43 PM PST by jmc1969
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To: JennysCool
I'm getting a sense the Mideast may be turning the corner in its coddling of terrorists, because the terror has hit home.

I hope so, and I hope it stays like this with them.

452 posted on 11/20/2005 1:14:51 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: Mount Athos; All

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Al-Zarqawi May Be Among Dead in Iraq Fight By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer
7 minutes ago



U.S. forces sealed off a house in the northern city of Mosul where eight suspected al-Qaida members died in a gunfight — some by their own hand to avoid capture. A U.S. official said Sunday that efforts were under way to determine if terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was among the dead.

Insurgents, meanwhile, killed an American soldier and a Marine in separate attacks over the weekend, while a British soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in the south.

In Washington, a U.S. official said the identities of the terror suspects killed was unknown. Asked if they could include al-Zarqawi, the official replied: "There are efforts under way to determine if he was killed."

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.

American soldiers maintained control of the site, imposing extraordinary security measures, a day after a fierce gunbattle that broke out when Iraqi police and U.S. soldiers surrounded a house after reports that al-Qaida in Iraq members were inside.

Three insurgents detonated explosives and killed themselves to avoid capture, Iraqi officials said. Eleven Americans were wounded, the U.S. military said.

The U.S. soldier killed Sunday near the capital was assigned to the Army's Task Force Baghdad and was hit by small arms fire, the military said. The Marine, assigned to Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, died of wounds suffered the day before in Karmah, a village outside Fallujah to the west of the capital.

Their deaths brought to at least 2,093 the number of U.S. service members who have died since the war began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

In the southern city of Basra, a roadside bomb killed a British soldier and wounded four others, the British Ministry of Defense said. The ministry said 98 British soldiers have died in the Iraq conflict.

The U.S. military also said Sunday that 24 people — including another American Marine and 15 civilians — were killed the day before in an ambush on a joint U.S. Iraqi patrol in Haditha, 140 miles northwest of Baghdad in the volatile Euphrates River valley.

According to the U.S. statement, the attack began Saturday with a roadside bomb detonating next to the Marine's vehicle, followed by a heavy volley of fire from insurgents.

"Iraqi army soldiers and Marines returned fire, killing eight insurgents and wounding another," the statement said.

Meanwhile, four women were killed Sunday night when gunmen stormed their home in a Christian district of eastern Baghdad, police said, adding that valuables were stolen and the motive for the attack appeared to have been robbery.

The latest deaths occurred at the end of a violent three-day period in which at least 140 Iraqi civilians died in a series of bombings and suicide attacks — most targeting Shiite Muslims.

The victims included 76 people who died Friday in near-simultaneous suicide bombings at two Shiite mosques in Khanaqin and 36 more killed the next day by a suicide car bomber who detonated his vehicle amid mourners at a Shiite funeral north of the capital.

In Washington, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday on ABC's "This Week" that commanders' assessments will determine the pace of any military drawdown. About 160,000 U.S. troops are in Iraq as the country approaches parliamentary elections Dec. 15.

The Pentagon has said it plans to scale back troop strength to its pre-election baseline of 138,000, depending on conditions. Rumsfeld said the U.S.-led coalition continues to make progress in training Iraqi security forces, which he placed at 212,000.

Rumsfeld also said talk in the United States of a quick withdrawal from Iraq plays into the hands of the insurgents.

"The enemy hears a big debate in the United States, and they have to wonder maybe all we have to do is wait and we'll win. We can't win militarily. They know that. The battle is here in the United States," he told "Fox News Sunday."

In Cairo, Egypt, Iraq's president said Sunday he was ready for talks with anti-government opposition figures and members of Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath Party, and he called on the Sunni-led insurgency to lay down its arms and join the political process.

But President Jalal Talabani, attending an Arab League-sponsored reconciliation conference, insisted that the Iraqi government would not meet with Baath Party members who are participating in the Sunni-led insurgency and attacking Iraqi and U.S.-led forces in the country.

"I am the president of Iraq and I am responsible for all Iraqis. If those who describe themselves as Iraqi resistance want to contact me, they are welcome," Talabani told reporters. "I want to listen to all Iraqis. I am committed to listen to them, even those who are criminals and are on trial."

Talabani made clear in his remarks, however, that he would talk with insurgents and "criminals" only if they put down their weapons.

In Baghdad, hundreds of Sunnis demanded an end to the torture of detainees and called for the international community to pressure Iraqi and U.S. authorities to ensure that such abuse does not occur.

Anger over detainee abuse has increased sharply since U.S. troops found 173 detainees at an Interior Ministry prison in Baghdad's Jadriyah neighborhood. The detainees, mainly Sunnis, were found malnourished and some had torture marks on their bodies. Sunni Arabs dominate the insurgent ranks.

The 400 protesters carried posters of tortured detainees, disfigured dead bodies and U.S. troops detaining Iraqis as they marched for a few hundred meters (yards) through western Baghdad.

Iraq's Shiite-led government has promised an investigation and punishment for anyone guilty of torture. Attacks against Shiite civilians by Sunni religious extremists have occurred throughout the Iraq conflict but spiked since the detainees were found last weekend.

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Associated Press correspondents Katherine Shrader in Washington, D.C., Sinbad Ahmed in Mosul and Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad contributed to this report.



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453 posted on 11/20/2005 1:15:09 PM PST by aculeus
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To: loboinok

I think the King has had plenty of time to reflect on his own beheading, or one of his family's and, somehow, it seemed different this time than those of westerners....


454 posted on 11/20/2005 1:15:57 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: ChadGore
Bring out your dead.

"It's only a flesh wound!" -- remember he was one-legged. :-)

455 posted on 11/20/2005 1:16:19 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: mainepatsfan

I hope it's true; and this if so, confirmation is quickly forthcoming.

Then I bet we'd see cheers in a part of the Middle East (Jordan) FOR THE FIRST TIME, of a dead AQ member....imagine the effect that would have on AQ?????


456 posted on 11/20/2005 1:18:21 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: woofie
Well it definitely be a big blow to the terrorists in Iraq. Not that the attacks would stop but they'd lose some of their organizational control. Perhaps more importantly some of the wavering members may get scared off.
457 posted on 11/20/2005 1:18:26 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: Mount Athos

This report can't be true. It's a quagmire.


458 posted on 11/20/2005 1:18:28 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: ChadGore

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_051120204241


459 posted on 11/20/2005 1:18:28 PM PST by usmcobra (30 years since I first celebrated The Marine Corps Birthday as a Marine)
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To: USMCPOP

LOL


460 posted on 11/20/2005 1:18:59 PM PST by fanfan (" The liberal party is not corrupt " Prime Minister Paul Martin)
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