Hi. My name is Abu Boohoo Zarqawi and I'm dead now.
Posted on 06/08/2006 7:29:12 AM PDT by edpc
BERLIN (Reuters) - The killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi removes the man who took Iraq's insurgency to new heights of savagery but it also creates a martyr whose inspiration will mobilize new recruits.
Arab and Western security analysts were agreed on Thursday that Zarqawi's death in a U.S. air raid would not end the insurgency, even if it represents a rare triumph in Iraq for the Bush administration.
"There will be people that will be mobilized to join the caravan of martyrs, to emulate his example and to honor him," said Magnus Ranstorp, an al Qaeda expert at the Swedish National Defense College.
But it does eliminate a supremely ruthless commander pursuing an explicit strategy of fomenting strife between Sunnis and majority Shias that has pushed the country to the brink of civil war.
Zarqawi became the chief symbol of the insurgency as he personally beheaded foreign hostages, directed some of the deadliest bombings against Iraqi and coalition forces and propagated his own legend with skilled use of the Internet.
The United States helped to build up Zarqawi's aura, even before the invasion of Iraq, when Secretary of State Colin Powell told the United Nations in 2003 he was part of a "sinister nexus" between Iraq and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda.
"The poster boy who united terrorism with Iraq has gone," said Ranstorp.
"Bin Laden propelled him, he propelled himself and the United States helped him in this endeavor. He's now a martyr, he was always going to be a martyr, he was larger than life."
(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...
Yep. I knew it would be minutes before the MSM would say, "So what!"
They're hoping....
Yesterday it was, "You're so incompetent you can't even get Al Zarqowi."
Today it's, "So what!"
Amazing. They put this offensive stuff out as news.
"Insurgency."
One of my employees put it pretty well this morning:
Zarqawi was a serial killer using a "cause" as an excuse.
The mask is off...
Too bad that old Black Jack isnt still around to take care of his funeral arrangements.
Prepare his corpse by whatever is necessary to prevent his becoming a martyr.
Isn't that an oxymoron?
Hi. My name is Abu Boohoo Zarqawi and I'm dead now.
We didn't run saddam out of power in day? We didn't capture saddam? There are no elections or constitution in Iraq????
"even if it represents a rare triumph in Iraq for the Bush administration."
This is astounding how blatantly anti-Bush reuters is.
Can there be any question that Reuters is cheering for terrorists?
A photo of al-Zarqawi on display at a U.S. military briefing, June 8, 2006. (APTN/US Military)
Sure is...
In this case, I mean Piss Be Upon Him.
don't forget Saddam's evil spawns Uday and Qusay...
The mainstream media leaves a gap, but the Pajamahadeen will fill it. ;)
Works for me -- bury him in a vat of pig entrails.
The left will respond in similar fashion as they did to Bilbray's victory in California. It's actually a "moral victory" for the other side because it took us three years to get him or some such nonsense.
Interesting that Zarqawi's head still appears to be attached.
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