How They Got Zarqawi:The Manhunt That Snared Him

TIME ^ | 06/08/2006 | Tony Karon

[mtbopfuyn]

Tipped off by his successor?

[Tallguy]

The ability of the U.S. and its allies to isolate and eliminate Zarqawi may be a reflection of the Qaeda leader's growing isolation within Iraq.

...and so the Media effort to minimize this achievement begins...

[Philistone]

They just can't resist, can they.

[Eagles Talon IV]

You can bet this story will slowly evolve in the lib media into one in which the United States military played far less of a part in the killing of the head raghead then did the Iraqis themselves.

After all they must be careful they don't actually praise our soldiers because some of it may reflect favorably on Bush's Administration.

[atomicpossum]

The terrorist responsible for some of the most gruesome killings in Iraq

...second, only, to US forces, TIME would have you believe.

[rhombus]

You can bet this story will slowly evolve...

You betcha soon the story will morph into one where the US military was duped into killing Zarqawi.

[GianniV]

The tone of this article angers me - it's basically stating this scumbag had become irrelevant and his death really isn't that big of deal. Of course, this is the same media that kept whining we couldn't find Zarqawi.

Just wait to OBL is captured/killed. These same tools will state the same - "OBL is no longer relevant. No big deal."

Typical of TIME magazine. A-holes.

[randog]

Intelligence breakthroughs and a hot tip about a meeting spelled his doom

Gosh, I hope his "right" to engage in private phone conversations wasn't violated.

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[GianniV]

Let me see - Zarqawi was no longer relevant, but TIME magazine is?

[BlessedBeGod]

So he did himself in. Uh-huh.

[Sundog]

Temper your anger with the news that someone can step forward now and claim the $25 million reward.

[eyespysomething]

some of those close enough to know Zarqawi's whereabouts may have been ready to shop him to his enemies. Not necessarily, of course: The intel services could have simply gotten lucky, or Zarqawi could have made a mistake.

** eyes rolling **

They couldn't have actually worked on sources and done this as they are supposed to, right? Sheer luck on our military's part. Good thing they stumbled across him, as they haven't been working on this at all.

[Berlin_Freeper]

How The Main Stream Media Failed To Get Zarqawi:

In days of old the media used to help in manhunts through pictures, sightings reports and sending reporters out to interview people and thus get a "hot lead" that could lead to "Breaking a Big Story."

With Iraq the media employs many Iraqis or Arab speaking people that could have gone around picking up leads and thus bits of information that could have lead to Zarqawi. In the old days they would have at least tried.

Instead, the media spends all of it's resources at spinning bad news against the Bush Administration and that is ALL they care about.

There was a time when political conflicts ended at the nations shore. But now the Democrats and their propaganda agents in the press have disregarded that and the American people can see that clearly and the Democrats will pay for it at the election polls.

[ArrogantBustard]

Not necessarily, of course: The intel services could have simply gotten lucky, or Zarqawi could have made a mistake.

Or maybe the intelligence folks are actually GOOD AT THEIR JOBS??? Didja ever think of that? Slime magazine never fails to disgust ...

[headstamp]

You can see how the tone of the article gradually degenerates into downplaying the whole affair by the end.

The Leftist media truly are worthy of the name "Pressholes".

They can't bare to report a praiseworthy event in this war because again, it does not fit the Vietnam template that they are desperately trying to fulfill.

[Rummyfan]

This from TIME? How did they fit this in, what with all their reporting on Haditha?

[NEMDF]

I am damn impressed that the military was able to get him in an airstrike but not blow him up into unrecognizable bits of sub-human shrapnel.

[lilylangtree]

American intelligence operatives played a role--that shouldn't be breathed to the US press or Congress if the operatives want to live.