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Pentagon: Top Zarqawi Aide Killed
CBS News ^

Posted on 09/26/2005 1:10:12 PM PDT by jmc1969

The No. 2 al Qaeda leader in Iraq was killed Sunday night, U.S. officials say. Abu Azzam, reportedly the deputy to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, was shot during a house rain in Baghdad, according to Pentagon officials.

As the aide to Zarqawi, Azzam was reportedly in control of financing foreign fighters coming into Iraq, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.

According to Pentagon officials coalition troops raided the house in response to a tip. When Azzam opened fire, these officials say, he was killed with troops' return fire.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: abuazzam; alqaedairaq; azzam; baggedabadguy; baghdad; bushsfault; enemy; gwot; iraq; killed; oif; thistimeforsure; waronterror; wot; yayteam; zarqawi
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To: ARealMothersSonForever

What's he doing surrendering? 1st I've heard of an al-Qaeda leader surrendering. What's up with that?


241 posted on 09/27/2005 6:53:11 AM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker!)
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To: bnelson44

Note -who- he surrendered to. Local police. The locals are not constrained by state dept policies. Tribal clan thing. The operational security of this group is severely compromised. What does go unsaid is the amount of actionable information that might have been collected. No clue as to the impact on the Zaq man. But you can bet he is screwed, blued, and tatooed. The Jordanians and Syrians could have several decisions to make at this juncture. All of which could involve coalition military operations on their borders, potentially inside their borders.


242 posted on 09/27/2005 7:07:55 AM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (The Land o' Gar (yes I have a gunrack in my truck))
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
I agree that our troops are doing FANTASTIC under the most difficult circumstances. What I am very upset about and have been throughout this war is the absolutely lousy, horrible PR that the administration has with telling the American people how well we are doing!

So you don't have a clue why that is?

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I had long wondered why people on the Left had the propensity to speak more positively about people who would slit their throats than they do about their own country, which affords them more freedom and opportunity than anywhere else. David Horowitz has answered that question thoroughly and convincingly in his Unholy Alliance. Where I felt bewildered and confused, I now feel crystal clear. Unholy Alliance is such a great book.

It begins with the leftist movements at the beginning of the 20th Century, and works its way up to the present day, exploring the anti-American attitude of these movements in detail. Horowitz shows that the enemies of the US back then are largely the same group today, operating under the same misperceptions, making the same mistakes, and pursuing the same impossible utopia.

Individual chapters are included on the Patriot Act (I was persuaded that it is a GOOD thing); the democratic flip-flop on Iraq once G.W. Bush implemented what they agreed with Clinton needed to be done; the driving components of the current anti-war movement; as well as chapters on individual personalities who are major spokespeople of the Left. Horowitz covers a lot of ground, and he covers it concisely and clearly. Unholy Alliance is richly informative without ever being boring or plodding.

This book is so illuminating that I simply cannot do justice to it here. I love people who reason so clearly that they help me get my own reasoning clear. Horowitz is just that type of person! In the terrain of mindless clichés (no-blood-for-oil, etc.), he is a breath of real fresh air.

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243 posted on 09/27/2005 1:04:02 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: ARealMothersSonForever

See links just above.


244 posted on 09/27/2005 1:07:11 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Thank you so much for the response. I love Horowitz..he is also a "recovering hippie' to becomming a conservaqtive. I will check out your suggestions.


245 posted on 09/27/2005 3:29:04 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie ("Don't get stuck on Stupid!")
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To: freema

Maybe you should have your kids listen to Rush Limbaugh? (lol)

~Scott~


246 posted on 09/27/2005 5:02:12 PM PDT by jscottdavis_for_48th_district (J. Scott Davis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jscottdavisfanclub ... Hollywood's Next Action Hero)
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To: jscottdavis_for_48th_district

LOL!


247 posted on 09/27/2005 6:27:12 PM PDT by freema (Ready to Rock AND Roll)
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