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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."

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20223159.htm


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: Steel Wolf

BTTT Great post.


481 posted on 11/20/2005 1:29:15 PM PST by No Blue States
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To: Steel Wolf
In that case the MSM would be very bummed. Zarqawi knows how to play them like a fiddle.
482 posted on 11/20/2005 1:29:57 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: mainepatsfan

Fox just reported it!


483 posted on 11/20/2005 1:30:36 PM PST by Toonces T. Cat (The Token Republican in Deep South Texas...)
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To: MizSterious

One plausible theory is the slaughter in Jordan was the final straw for the fence-sitting Muslims who were helping to protect him.

Somebody squealed, Zarq's safehouse was exposed, and Zarq's minions took the easy way out. Either that or Zarq blew them up himself.

I hope this plausible theory is the actual reality.


484 posted on 11/20/2005 1:31:35 PM PST by Carling (http://www.marriedadults.com/howarddeanscreamaudio141jq.mp3)
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To: Toonces T. Cat

On FNC? Their website still has nothing.


485 posted on 11/20/2005 1:31:54 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: SE Mom

"Precisely- and further- have you heard of this many AQ blowing themselves up as a "preventative" before?

I may be mistaken- but I don't remember them doing this in the past."

Great point. I dont recall them taking themselves out before either.


486 posted on 11/20/2005 1:32:17 PM PST by No Blue States
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To: babydoll22
Not dead. Saw him today at burger king with elvis,butch and sundance.

And Scott Ritter.

487 posted on 11/20/2005 1:32:22 PM PST by laz (France, la chaussure est sur l'autre pied, non?)
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To: Mount Athos

Well, we saw this reported here many many times before.. but just maybe... Happy Thanksgiving!!!


488 posted on 11/20/2005 1:32:32 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
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To: mainepatsfan

Yes...On the Fox News Channel.


489 posted on 11/20/2005 1:33:16 PM PST by Toonces T. Cat (The Token Republican in Deep South Texas...)
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To: EGPWS

The MSM will find his mother (stray dog?) and she will wail, "He was a good boy! He never did anything wrong! He was just misunderstood. Why didn't they negotiate with him? Why did they rush the building?"

Oh, wait. They weren't in America. Might happen anyway.


490 posted on 11/20/2005 1:33:22 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: Toonces T. Cat

Fox just reported "the possibility"


491 posted on 11/20/2005 1:33:48 PM PST by Gracey
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To: Steel Wolf

Yep- and imagine (I dream big dreams) IF this is him, then he had to have been meeting with SENIOR members...so that is a terrible blow to lose them in one fell swoop.

My tummy is starting to get excited...

(My son's unit is the one that nailed Saddam's sons...we weren't sure then either for a day or so...but it started sounding really good...)


492 posted on 11/20/2005 1:33:56 PM PST by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: varon
understand they're finding body parts with tags saying "I am Abu Musab al-Zarqawi"

Or maybe his mother sewed his name on the inside of his turban.
493 posted on 11/20/2005 1:34:02 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: Toonces T. Cat

Was it an alert or one of their bottom of the hour headlines?


494 posted on 11/20/2005 1:34:17 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: nicmarlo

Jordan belongs to the Coalition of the Willing that France and Germany shunned.


495 posted on 11/20/2005 1:34:36 PM PST by Milhous (Sarcasm - the last refuge of an empty mind.)
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To: Mount Athos
Are we sure it wasn't another Top Aide®?
496 posted on 11/20/2005 1:34:48 PM PST by John Jorsett (scam never sleeps)
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To: Gracey

Yes...They reported exactly what has been reported in other less reliable sources...and so what's your point?


497 posted on 11/20/2005 1:35:17 PM PST by Toonces T. Cat (The Token Republican in Deep South Texas...)
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To: Right Wing Assault

The MSM is holding a prayer vigil for him this evening.


498 posted on 11/20/2005 1:35:34 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: Toonces T. Cat

I remember how thrilled I was when President Bush made the surprise visit to Iraq at Thanksgiving to visit the troops.

I'd love to see him do it again this year. Only this time,he'll have Mr. Z's head on the platter!


499 posted on 11/20/2005 1:35:35 PM PST by freedom4me (...Error alone needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.--Thomas Jefferson)
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To: THX 1138
so we could put him in a cage and poke him with sharp sticks

Actualy we could pay for this war on the lottery tickets sold to have 5 minutes alone with him. I know quite a few familys who'd love an opportunity to "bring him closer to Jesus".

500 posted on 11/20/2005 1:35:37 PM PST by strange1 ("Show the enemy harm so he shall not advance" Sun Tzu The Art of War)
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