[SixStringSlinger]

I hope that bastard suffered before he died. God bless our troops!!!

[AD from SpringBay]

Caldwell said important information was found at the location that led to 17 simultaneous raids later that night in Baghdad and its outskirts that uncovered a "treasure trove" of information.

Wooo hooo! I know this disappoints Howard Dean and the other copperheads but this is great news and a really wonderful job well done by the military involved.

[AD from SpringBay]

Caldwell said important information was found at the location that led to 17 simultaneous raids later that night in Baghdad and its outskirts that uncovered a "treasure trove" of information.

Wooo hooo! I know this disappoints Howard Dean and the other copperheads but this is great news and a really wonderful job well done by the military involved.

[PsyOp]

In that first picture of him when he was still alive, al-Zarqawi looks really depressed, like he knows what is coming.

[Zarqawi reclining on a couch talking to his Imam/therapist] : "Imam, I just can't shake this feeling of doom. I keep having this dream that I am in heaven making love to 72 virgins--but then, still in the dream, I wake to find that I am hugging a large metal object with fins at one end and a glowing red eye at the other. What does this mean?"

Imam: "Zarqawi, my son, this is nothing to be worried about, the Koran says: Allah is the guardian of those who believe. He brings them out of the darkness into the light; and (as to) those who disbelieve, their guardians are Shaitans who take them out of the light into the darkness; they are the inmates of the fire, in it they shall abide. "

Zarqawi: "Uh, OK. But the Americans have night vision. And I think that red thingy on the metal tube might be something like that."

Imam: "Not to worry, you are a great battle leader. The Koran says: Urge the believers to war; if there are twenty patient ones of you they shall overcome two hundred, and if there are a hundred of you they shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they are a people who do not understand. "

Zarqawi: "about that... I seem to keep losing my number two guys, and we got a pretty heavy turnover on the numbers 3 and 4, too. And recruiting been down all over the place. I keep cutting people's heads off to show them how serious I am but it doesn't seem to be helping."

Imam: "Have faith! Mohammed assures us, Yea! If you remain patient and are on your guard, and they come upon you in a headlong, your Lord will assist you with five thousand of the havoc-making angles. "

Zarqawi: "Still waiting on the Angels."

Imam: "The Prophet tell us: I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them... "

Zarqawi: "Done that. A lot."

Imam: “Hmmm... give me a second... Aha! here we go. Allah says: And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his punishment is hell; he shall abide in it, and Allah will send His wrath on him and curse him and prepare for him a painful chastisement. "

Zarqawi: "Uh... that means someone who believes in our cause, right?"

Imam: "It means anyone who accepts the word of the Prophet, the messenger of Allah. Why do you ask?"

Zarqawi: "Well... I, we, might have killed a few believers... at least they said they were... and you know how it is with car bombs and markets. But I'm pretty sure they were all collaborators. You know how women and children can be."

Imam: "Be at ease. The koran says: And do not kill any one whom Allah has forbidden, except for a just cause, and whoever is slain unjustly, We have indeed given to his heir authority, so let him not exceed the just limits in slaying. "

Zarqawi: "Limits? You never said anything about limits. Just what are we talking about here? I need a number. Not that I'm keeping a count or anything, but I'd like to know. And does that only refer to the heads I whacked myself, or does it include those killed on my orders?"

[Imam's cell phone rings]: "Omar speaking... Really?... Right now?... Yes. Immediately. Thank you."

Zarqawi: "Who was that?"

Imam: "My secretary. It turns out out I'm late for an urgent meeting. I must go. Say five prayers and call me in the morning. No. Don't get up, I'll let myself out."

[Zarqawi calling after the Imam who is sprinting for the door]: "Don't go! I have more questions... I'm still worried about that big red eye in my dream..."

BLAM!

[pleikumud]

I suspect they were successful in part because the CIA had very little to do with it.

[litehaus]

"by an elite task force of international special operations forces"......

God Bless ALL our SOGs.......

[SauronOfMordor]

But the key to the mission was the fact that each made high-risk surveillance operations into normally no-go areas in Iraq.

On another thread, somebody wondered why we didn't just raid the house and try to get him alive for intel purposes. The answer is that trying to raid the house (rather than bomb it) would have triggered a firefight with the whole neighborhood. After the bomb, the neighborhood was suitably "shocked and awed" and we could go in to pick up the pieces

[em2vn]

"....L115A-353....." Any photos of one of these.
Why would every member be equipped with this weapon and how were they concealed when working among the locals?
I don't see that they would be much good if someone fell into a firefight.

[fso301]

bump

[MadIvan]

"Tier 1" of Britain's Special Air Service

Oh good. I'm glad we helped kill that bastard.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Even better -

The unit was part of the already-secret Task Force Black run by Britain's MI6 out of coalition forces headquarters in Baghdad. Nicknamed "The Untouchables," it was given a no-holds barred brief in pursuit of Zarqawi in May.

GOOD! GOOD!

Regards, Ivan

[rahbert]

"souk scent" is what one smells like here in 101 degree
north Texas.

[NYC Republican]

What a fantastic day. The only thing that could make it sweeter would be if Bush and the GOP got a huge bump in the polls as a result.

[Dog Gone]

Another crap article from WND.

While officially Israel denies any presence in Iraq, four Mossad assassins were assigned to serve with the unit.

Even if that were true, which we know it's not since it's from WND, the disclosure of that information would not be helpful to our mission.

So, either they are liars, which they are, or they're helping the enemy, which they may still be doing since not everyone knows that WND is a crock.

[taxed2death]

Funny... when it's good news no one makes fun of Joesph Farah & WND.

Peculiar.

[tang-soo]

It'll be interesting if today's events are protrayed this coming Fall on this show. So much for Murtha questioning if this mission could have been accomplished without "boots on the ground".

[Salem]

How it went down.

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AMERICA AT WAR
At Salem the Soldier's Homepage ~
Honored member of FReeper Leapfrog's "Enemy of Islam" list.
Islam, a Religion of Peace®? Some links...  by backhoe
Translated Pre-War IRAQ Documents  by jveritas
Mohammed, The Mad Poet Quoted....  by PsyOp
One FReeper On The Line  by SNOWFLAKE
The Clash of Ideologies - A Review

[DocRock]

I have a nephew that is Army SF. He is a highly skilled sniper/scout and he is going to Iraq in less than a month. He will not talk about his deployment, but he did tell me that he won't be wearing dog tags and tattoos are off limits. This young man also told me that if he dies in theater, that I should tell people that he died doing exactly what he loves doing... defending this nation. May God bless him and his wife and may God send His angels to build a hedge around him and place stumbling blocks in the way of the enemy. I pray for the same protection for all of our troops in harm's way.

[goldstategop]

We still have a lot of work to do. But now we know Al Qaeda can be rolled up. Its just going to take longer we thought to pacify Iraq. But the jihadis now know their victory is no longer as "inevitable" as it seemed yesterday. They are vulnerable to being taken out. And that's going to disrupt their ability to plan and carry out attacks.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[Ciexyz]

The Untouchables -- I like that. The Mossad and Britain's M16 -- ain't it great when allies cooperate?