For Al-Zarqawi, myth was bigger than the man- Brutal tactics & U.S. propaganda helped his image

msnbc ^ | Updated: 4:02 p.m. ET June 8, 2006 | MSNBC News Services

[dennisw]

U.s. Military Via Ap / U.S. Military via AP

Al-Qaida-linked militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi led a bloody campaign of suicide bombings, kidnappings and hostage beheadings in Iraq, at times drawing the ire of other al-Qaida leaders.

MSNBC.com

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A combo shows reproductions of images of slain Al-Qaeda chief in Iraq, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, shown by the US military during a press conference in Baghdad 08 June 2006. World leaders rushed today to hail the slaying in a joint US-Jordanian operation of Iraq's most wanted man, accused of a string of deadly kidnappings and bomb attacks.

Updated: 10:28 a.m. ET June 8, 2006

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13203586/displaymode/1176/rstry/13205661/

[dead]

Now that the military, under the command of George Bush, killed him, it turns out that he wasn't even hardly dangerous at all.

[dighton]

Unsigned for a good reason, being utterly beneath contempt.

[coconutt2000]

U.S. Propaganda to blame?

Sure, I can believe that. The U.S. MSM frequently cited Zarqawi as a near mythical figure that couldn't be defeated.

The U.S. military and the Bush administration has kept on saying that they were going to get him eventually.

So if Zarqawi was promoted as some kind of mythical hero for the terrorists, it wasn't the Bush administration, or the Republicans, or the conservatives... It was the journalists who are all deeply saddened at the demise of their favorite boogie man.

[Fruitbat]

Perhaps even more, I think they'll have to revisit his childhood, determine why he was like he was, and then have him burried at Arlington due to the fact that he had a hard life that was the reason for why he behaved the way he did. /s

Sometimes I wonder however about the libs.

[CWOJackson]

You nailed it.

[dennisw]

Now that the military, under the command of George Bush, killed him, it turns out that he wasn't even hardly dangerous at all.

And when we nail Bin Ladin they'll claim he was harmless old dotter who liked to wear a white ice cream man's hat

[RichRepublican]

Yeah--isn't it amazing how his power has just evaporated?

[MikeA]

US propaganda? MessNBC would know propaganda. They're masters of it. This is just another pathetic attempt by the wholly owned subsidiary of the Democratic party, MessNBC, to try to make the killing of Zarqawi into nothing worth getting excited about as well as trying to further the myth that most of the worst violence in Iraq is carried out by Iraqis "resisting the US occupation," and not foreign AL Qaeda trash like Zarqawi. They want so much for this to be a fight of Iraqis against America, rather than what it is America AND Iraqis against foreign terrorist invaders and a few Saddam dead-enders determined to bring back the bad old days. Who wrote this piece? Chrissy Boy and Keith Untermann?

[dennisw]

Turns out it was a lie (myth) that Z was missing a leg from combat

[Thermalseeker]

U.S. propaganda helped his image.

I suggest this line as the understatement of the year.....

[babydoll22]

How right you are. My guess is Olberman.

[Jameison]

"For Al-Zarqawi, myth was bigger than the man"

Now they tell us this BS.
Hey MSNBC, you would have had some modicum of credibility if you written this article yesterday.
Today, I simply take as normal drive-by media attempts to play down a magnificent accomplishment by our soldiers, as part of the usual hate-Bush agenda.

[goldstategop]

He was just a psychopath thug who enjoyed killing. Zarqawi was a coward. He didn't go to his death bravely; we found his lair and snuffed him out along with his fellow terrorist leaders. The Drive By Media's party line is pure Barbara Streisand; what happened today was an act of poetic justice. It knocked the stuffing out of the Al Qaeda "legend."

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

[CT]

These media goons are so twisted they don't even know how low they are. Fortuntely, we do.

[bnelson44]

The man was a maniac and a murderer. Even in the last few days. See:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=baqubah%20heads&sa=N&tab=wn

[SaxxonWoods]

Zark's followers are celebrating his death, saying that his martyrdom is a happy and festive event. They say that such death is the best achievement, and they long for it.

I guess they will be happiest when all of them are dead.

And to think I didn't believe it possible to agree with these people about anything....

[Minutemen]

You got that. I also heard the media say Zarqawi (after we nailed him) was just a "simpleton" and a fool.

[goldstategop]

My answer to Al Qaeda is we love life and those who choose life are reward by God. Those who choose death and the way of evil get their due reward. Yes, there is a God in the world who sees justice done and that's lost completely on the Church Of The Godless, e.g liberals and their media enablers in this country. Like the late Pope said: "Do Not Be Afraid." Amen!

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