Al-Zarqawi's family hope to bury him in his hometown, Zarqa.
Anyone know the definition of MARTYR that would apply to this guy?
Perhaps the UN should now swing into action: demand that we stop now. The 'Rats should start lobbying to put an end to the slaughter of innocent "insurgents".
And more than a few Al Jazeera reporters will be caught up in the sweep, of that I'm certain.
Zarqawi was a member of the Bani Hassan tribe which is very prominent in Jordan. The tribe had banished him and was ashamed of him for being "abnormal".
Likely his wife and kids were ostricized and that also prompted the move to Iraq. Very probable that his family was in this safe house and died with him.
Use him for land fill with no marker. He'd do wonders for crab grass and other assorted weeds.
"Muhammad Ismael, a 40-year-old Iraqi taxi driver, was standing outside his home in the tiny village of Hibhib on Wednesday evening when something unusual caught his eye.
Three GMC trucks, each with blackened windows, rumbled past his home and toward the little house in a nearby grove of date palms that for more than three years had stood abandoned.
Of the three GMC trucks that had pulled up to the house in the date palm grove, only two stayed. One of them drove away and never came back.
Mr. Ismael, the taxi driver, said American soldiers began swarming the town, seemingly coming from nowhere, with some soldiers sliding down ropes dropped from Black Hawk helicopters.
As the American commandos took up positions, Mr. Ismael said, someone from inside the house in the date grove began shooting. The Americans returned fire, Mr. Ismael said, but the firefight did not last long."
That is when two F-16C's paid a visit....
The departing GMC likely carried the informant who gave up Zarqawi and his entire network for $10k, per my previous post.
Zarqawi was likely outside the house trying to escape in one of the GMC's during the encirclement. Seeing this, the Delta Force observers likely called for an air strike, not willing to wait for a capture attempt and possible escape.
Remember we had eyes on him a year ago February and he got away.
I keep thinking of the scene from "Hannibal" when those friendly porky pigs take care of the Mason and his gang. That might be a fitting resting place for Al.