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Autopsies Show Blast Injuries Killed Zarqawi, Rahman
American Forces Press Service ^ | Jim Garamone

Posted on 06/12/2006 4:45:58 PM PDT by SandRat

BAGHDAD, June 12, 2006 – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi died of blast injuries sustained by the coalition bombing of his safe house June 7, coalition officials said today. The officials also said that DNA testing proves that the body is that of the terrorist leader. "We have clear evidence he died of blast injuries," said Army Dr. (Col.) Steve Jones, the command surgeon in Iraq. "There is no evidence to suggest that he was beaten and I have no reason to suspect that happened."

Jones and coalition military spokesman Army Maj. Gen. Bill Caldwell briefed reporters on the results of the autopsies here today.

The results of autopsies on Zarqawi and Sheik Abd al-Rahman - Zarqawi's spiritual adviser - prove that both men died of massive blast injuries. Zarqawi survived for a time, but blast injuries to his lungs stopped oxygen from being absorbed into the blood.

"The cause of death was closed-space primary blast injury of the lung," Jones said. "Blast waves from the two bombs caused tearing, bruising of the lungs and bleeding."

The injuries cannot be seen without opening the body. "All the injuries found were consistent with those found on blast victims," Jones said.

Coalition experts conducted the autopsies to put an end to "speculation, misinformation and propaganda," Caldwell said.

The Iraqi people deserve the facts and the fact "that he was treated better in death than he treated his victims in life," Caldwell said.

Senior DoD pathologists conducted the autopsies. "Two medical examiners participated in each autopsy to ensure it was thorough and there were no questions about the findings," Jones said.

All coalition officials said that the bodies of Zarqawi and Rahman were treated with the utmost respect. "We treated them with the same high degree of dignity and respect that we treat our own casualties," Jones said.

Caldwell said coalition and Iraqi forces conducted 11 raids, mostly in the Baghdad region, on targets from information gleaned from the ruins of the house Zarqawi was killed in.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: autopsies; blast; injuries; iraq; killed; rahman; show; zarqawi
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Special Report: Zarqawi's Death
1 posted on 06/12/2006 4:46:00 PM PDT by SandRat
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To: 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...

Some details on how the Z-man died.


2 posted on 06/12/2006 4:46:29 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

Ah, good, I was HOPING they'd get the coverup underway soon.../sarc.


3 posted on 06/12/2006 4:50:00 PM PDT by Darkwolf377
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To: SandRat
Darn!!! I was hoping someday to shake a hand that beat the crap out of zarqawi...
4 posted on 06/12/2006 4:50:20 PM PDT by alecqss
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To: SandRat

I hear Dr. Howard Dean was there to help revive him.


5 posted on 06/12/2006 4:50:23 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: SandRat
God will now judge Zarqawi and the US arranged the meeting. Great job guys.
6 posted on 06/12/2006 4:50:48 PM PDT by BMC1 (DEMOCRATS AND RINO'S ARE STUCK ON STUPID, MASTERS OF DECEPTION AND CULTURE OF TREASON.)
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To: SandRat

As if this is going to quiet the liberal-conspiracy-whacked out nut jobs.


7 posted on 06/12/2006 4:51:07 PM PDT by GLDNGUN
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To: SandRat

I must remember to send a "Good Riddance" card to his next of kin.


8 posted on 06/12/2006 4:51:12 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Wake Up, America!))))
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To: SandRat

So in his last hour of life the American military made his life a blast, what's the problem?


9 posted on 06/12/2006 4:52:14 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: SandRat

I was hoping for a bayonet, dipped in bacon grease, between the eyes as final cause of death.


10 posted on 06/12/2006 4:53:58 PM PDT by pissant
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To: SandRat

And I tought they died from bad sand food.


11 posted on 06/12/2006 4:55:08 PM PDT by dinok
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To: SandRat

Hats off to our troops who bombed him into HELL.

12 posted on 06/12/2006 4:55:50 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: pissant

no, a dull machete, held high in his eyesight, aiming to come down on his neck. oooh, did i say that?


13 posted on 06/12/2006 4:55:58 PM PDT by avital2
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To: avital2

Dipped in bacon grease.


14 posted on 06/12/2006 4:56:43 PM PDT by pissant
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To: A CA Guy

I was hoping that his damned head was blown off. His pain was not nearly as severe, before he died, as he deserved!
There will be others to take his place and may God bless our efforts to take them out too.


15 posted on 06/12/2006 4:57:52 PM PDT by BatGuano
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

BTTT


16 posted on 06/12/2006 4:59:46 PM PDT by Delta 21 ( MKC USCG - ret)
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To: BatGuano

Oh he didn't like how he went and probably had a vision of Mohammad in a lake of fire waiting for him.

God Bless our Troops indeed.

I have a great plan to stop the attacks by the left on our military.
Pass a law that during war time in active combat, troops votes count as 14,000 votes each.

I think that would shut them up quick.


17 posted on 06/12/2006 5:08:06 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: SandRat
I'm just glad he is dead. I don't care how he died.

The Marxist/Democratic Party/International/Al Qaida/Islamic Jihadist axis have tried to make the nature of Zarqawi's death an issue. It brings to mind the following from Lady Ann: "The Passion of the Liberal: Thou Shalt Not Punish The Perp."

We are at war and Zarqawi was the enemy at his worst. I care about the nature of his death about as much as I care about the nature of Hitler's or Stalin's death - not at all.
18 posted on 06/12/2006 5:12:18 PM PDT by ChessExpert (MSM: America's one party press)
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To: ChessExpert
I'm just glad he is dead. I don't care how he died.

I'm with you....but if the reported "fifty eight minutes" to do it thingie is true, that's just a bonus.

It hurt him, he felt pain, and he was probably cognizant of who and what did it to him.

19 posted on 06/12/2006 5:17:14 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Meep Meep)
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To: ChessExpert

Still, I'd find it mildly interesting if he actually died of food poisoning and the bombs had nothing to do with it.


20 posted on 06/12/2006 5:17:28 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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