Posted on 05/04/2005 8:34:20 PM PDT by jmc1969
U.S. officials gave no details as to why they believe Zarqawi may be sick or injured. But U.S. military authorities were quoted this month as saying that Zarqawi had left medical information about himself on a laptop computer that was seized Feb. 20 in his closest known call with American pursuers. When his car was pulled over at a checkpoint outside Ramadi, Zarqawi fled on foot, leaving behind the laptop, photos of himself and contacts, officials said.
A U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, Lt. Col. Steven Boylan, confirmed Wednesday that officials had "received a tip that there were terrorists in and around the hospital in Ramadi."
U.S. and Iraqi forces "did go to the hospital to act upon the information," Boylan said. He did not confirm that Zarqawi was the target of the raid. The forces left without detaining anyone but were reviewing information from the operation, Boylan said.
In a written statement Friday, Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq group said Americans searched all the rooms down to the air-conditioning ducts but "were not able to find Sheik Abu Musab Zarqawi, even though he was inside the hospital."
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Ill? Wounded in the stomach? If you don't think being insane is ill...what can I say?
Would be great if we could announce he had syphilis or is HIV positive...... that would go over well in the Muslim world......
If he is as ill as they say Bin Laden is, we can expect a new video every other month. We are supposed to believe Bin Laden is dragging a dialysis machine in and out of every mountain cave.
Forget it. The ragheads would just spin a tale about some Jewess whore that injected the Zarqmeister with the disease.
The Rags would lap it up like the medieval buffoons they are.
But the information on the computer was very valuable, he confirms. Among other things, it may indicate that Zarqawi is in worse physical condition than previously believed, and taking painkillers as he recovers from a wound to his stomach.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0427/p03s01-woiq.html?s=t5
Why? They have a fondness for their furry flocks. It would be a normal thing there.
Rush Limbaugh
If Bin Laden really requires dialysis, then he is almost certainly in Iran.
I was thinking the same thing.
UBL has no kidney illness - This is a long ago myth that some in the media keep foolishly repeating - The only aliment UBL has is a form of diabetes.
?.....Sounds like Facial Plastic Surgery to me?
If he were smart, he would sneak into Los Angeles to get treatment. Oh, that's right, he wouldn't be able to do that. The hospitals are all closing because of illegal aliens. (Sorry to be off topic, but I wanted to take a shot tonight.)
That, and the fact that his heart doesn't pump any more, and he doesn't breathe.
I don't believe he's dragging anything anywhere anymore. Not physically. His videos APPEAR to say a lot, but all I've seen are cobbled together from old rants.
You should be very embarrassed. Kidney failure is a side effect of diabetes, as is circulatory collapse (which causes heart failure, amputation of gangrenous extremities and that blindness thang everyone foolishly repeats).
Sheesh.
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