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
BTTT Great post.
Fox just reported it!
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.
On FNC? Their website still has nothing.
"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.
And Scott Ritter.
Well, we saw this reported here many many times before.. but just maybe... Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Yes...On the Fox News Channel.
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.
Fox just reported "the possibility"
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...)
Was it an alert or one of their bottom of the hour headlines?
Jordan belongs to the Coalition of the Willing that France and Germany shunned.
Yes...They reported exactly what has been reported in other less reliable sources...and so what's your point?
The MSM is holding a prayer vigil for him this evening.
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!
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".
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