Posted on 06/08/2006 3:41:47 AM PDT by familyop
The following is the text of the statement announcing the killing of Al Qaeda’s top leader in Iraq Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. The announcement was made at Press Conference in Baghdad:
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Coalition Forces killed al-Qaeda terrorist leader Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi and one of his key lieutenants, spiritual advisor Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman, yesterday, June 7, at 6:15 p.m. in an air strike against an identified, isolated safe house.
"Tips and intelligence from Iraqi senior leaders from his network led forces to al-Zarqawi and some of his associates who were conducting a meeting approximately eight kilometers north of Baqubah when the air strike was launched.
“Iraqi police were first on the scene after the air strike, and elements of Multi-National Division North, arrived shortly thereafter. Coalition Forces were able to identify al-Zarqawi by fingerprint verification, facial recognition and known scars.
Al-Zarqawi and al-Qaeda in Iraq have conducted terrorist activities against the Iraqi people for years in attempts to undermine the Iraqi national government and Coalition efforts to rebuild and stabilize Iraq. He is known to be responsible for the deaths of thousands of Iraqis.
Al-Zarqawi's death is a significant blow to al-Qaeda and another step toward defeating terrorism in Iraq.
"Although the designated leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq is now dead, the terrorist organization still poses a threat as its members will continue to try to terrorize the Iraqi people and destabilize their government as it moves toward stability and prosperity. Iraqi forces, supported by the Coalition, will continue to hunt terrorists that threaten the Iraqi people until terrorism is eradicated in Iraq."
HOT DAMN.
Another one bites the dust...........
Satan open your gates, one of your favorites is on his way!
Hopefully this is true. They are some slippery slime.
If anyone needed killing this guy as at the top of the list.
ABC News: Zarqawi may have been killed [Confirmed DEAD by NBC] Now breaking on MSNBC & CNN
The Iraqi PM's statement is perhaps very significant.
Who is "HIS?"
Does this mean Zarqawi's own organization is beginning to fold?
Looks like the muslims will be busy removing some of their own leaders heads in the next few days.
Thanks for ping. Gotta hop in the tub then head off to work. I will view all the pings I got this morning in detail later today. Let us hope the Iraqi's did not lie on this one.
And now the report from the land of Oz
How convenient
Zarqawi dies after the Federal Marriage Amendment fails
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Kutjara (995 posts) Thu Jun-08-06 07:04 AM
1. I'm wondering why...
...it took a squadron of planes to kill him. It really makes me begin to question the truthfulness of such seminal drama-documentaries as 'Rambo' and 'Navy Seals'.
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This is a dangerous moment for Bush
If the insurgency doesn't fold now, more
truth will begin to dawn on the unwashed.
It's not an Al Quaeda thing, this war.
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mrsadm (108 posts) Thu Jun-08-06 07:41 AM
Original message
Will Zarqawi's death raise Bush's poll numbers?
I certainly hope not!!! or at least I hope any raise is only temporary
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We return you now to the real world
democratunderground: when you absolutely have to say something stupid.
Unrel!
I'm not going over there...
As Osama bin Laden says -- if it's a choice between a strong horse and a dead horse, people will back the strong horse.
Good riddance Zarqawi, Jordanian leader of the Iraqi Resistance supported by the friends of Saddam, including many Leftists in the West.
Actually, it may be that that's what they were doing in THIS instance.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645481/posts
Now would be a very good time to roll up the entire terrorist network in the South.
Go after the Iranians agitators next.
A Bin Laden killing wouldn't hurt about now.
Thanks for the ping!
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