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Vanity killed master of evil al-Zarqawi
Herald Sun (Australia) ^
| 6-10-06
| Neil Wilson
Posted on 06/09/2006 4:51:54 PM PDT by KJC1
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To: KJC1
"THE vanity of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in trying to portray himself as a Rambo-style warrior was a first step towards his downfall, according to intelligence experts."
If true why would someone of the West disclose such information.
Idiotic? or angry their agent is dead and want to insure the replacement does not make the same mistake?
W
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posted on
06/09/2006 5:30:33 PM PDT
by
WLR
("fugit impius nemine persequente iustus autem quasi leo confidens absque terrore erit")
To: ARealMothersSonForever
Note the word mass. Civilian casualties are a harsh reality. Every civilian in that town knew that he was in the area. It would have been appropriate to smoke the whole town. But we did not. That is the restraint and decency that the USA shows. Precisely!!!
If this was another time and place with a true Imperial power such as Rome.
Every adult male in the town would have been killed and the women and children sold into slavery.
It IS BECAUSE WE ARE A BENEVOLENT NATION that we are conducting this Iraq campaign in the first place.
A real Imperial power with our kind of weaponry would have just vaporized the Middle East after 9-11.
We are actually trying to reform and SAVE the Middle East and in the process SAVE millions of lives.
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posted on
06/09/2006 5:32:07 PM PDT
by
A message
(Zarqawi dead, Democrats deeply saddened)
To: LasVegasMac
I'm just listening to today's Rush as I read this.
Great show today!
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posted on
06/09/2006 5:44:20 PM PDT
by
Slump Tester
( What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: Slump Tester
Yep. He was quite specific about his feelings for the deceased rag head.
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posted on
06/09/2006 5:48:20 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
To: Blueflag
The media couldn't resist showing those toys for the world to see. Slimebags.
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posted on
06/09/2006 5:49:11 PM PDT
by
oyez
(Appeasement is insanity)
To: KJC1
Early reports claimed Zarqawi and others had lived for about 10 minutes after Iraqi police arrived on the scene. But when the 4th Infantry of the US 101st Airborne Assault Division arrived a few minutes later, everyone in the rubble was dead. Something doesn't fit here. Didn't the story state the Americans engaged him first? Then it sounds like the Iraqi's were are there first?
This story explains a video someone posted of the air strike last night. Prior to the bombs away it shows a chopper buzzing around the compound...
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posted on
06/09/2006 6:04:10 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.)
To: ARealMothersSonForever
Every civilian in that town knew that he was in the area. It would have been appropriate to smoke the whole town. But we did not. That is the restraint and decency that the USA shows. A different slant on things here.
Yes, I'm sure most locals knew of his presence.
I don't agree with the "it would have been appropriate to level the whole town" thing. Why?
Bad publicity / relations.
That and the fact that this is all these people have ever known.
Don't get me wrong. Should this place turn out to be a "hot bed" of harboring terrorists, etc., - then I'd agree with the scorched earth policy.
Notice how the Iraqi forces were the first ones on the scene for this? Followed closely by the boys?
Why is it we are there?
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posted on
06/09/2006 6:05:51 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
To: KJC1
Goodness, I've already done three al-Zarqawi songs already. I've done RADIO STAR three or four times.
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posted on
06/09/2006 6:07:27 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: definitelynotaliberal
He certainly became a porker lately compared to early photos of him...
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posted on
06/09/2006 6:07:35 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.)
To: KJC1
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posted on
06/09/2006 6:15:00 PM PDT
by
RedBeaconNY
(If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people He gave it to.)
To: tubebender
Didn't the story state the Americans engaged him first? Do you refer to the 500 lb. bombs or the surrounding of the house by coalition SF ?
I'm guessing the 'who got there first' part was staged, no?
The 'chopper' buzzing around. Do you mean the white dot ?
I thought that was strange also, but watch the film a couple of times - it has to be a refraction / reflection with the lens.
Or a UFO.
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posted on
06/09/2006 6:20:10 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
To: Kenny Bunkport
If the first one doesnt kill you, dont worry, the second one is just a few nanoseconds behind it.
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posted on
06/09/2006 6:20:46 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
( MKC USCG - ret)
To: KJC1
A local, Mohammed Ismael, said he saw three utes drive to the house late on Wednesday, but only one stayed.(Pesci) Is it possible, the two "yutes"...
(Judge) Eh, two what?... What was that word?
(Pesci) Ah, what word?
(Judge) Two what?
(Pesci) What?
(Judge) Did you say "yutes"?
(Pesci) Yeah, two "yutes".
(Judge) What is a "yute"?
(Pesci) Oh, excuse me your honor, two "youths".
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posted on
06/09/2006 6:25:35 PM PDT
by
csvset
("It was like the hand of G_d slapping down and smashing everything." ~ JDAM strikes Taliban)
To: tubebender
That's what happens when you hang out with Ted Kennedy.
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posted on
06/09/2006 7:24:41 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(A thread without a comment on immigration is not complete)
To: LasVegasMac
That, and there's the fact that SOMEBODY gave him up. For all we know, it was the guy three houses down. There's also the fact that, if you lived next door to the Manson family or to Adolph Hitler and knew blow by blow what they had done and/or were capable of, would you confront them directly? The man was basically a psychotic mass murderer. If you were in that village, you best bet was to either lay low or inform the officials...quietly. You don't do something to attract the attention of a guy who gets his kicks by beheading basically random people.
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posted on
06/09/2006 7:27:44 PM PDT
by
ark_girl
To: ark_girl
If "the whole village was seized" prior to the airstrike, prolly more than one person told of al-Zarqawi being in that house.
To: KJC1
The video released in April of Zarqawi firing a machinegun -- and comically burning his hand on the hot barrel -- helped experts from Jordan pinpoint his location north of Baghdad. Maybe Z. was that inept because he'd never done anything else but hack people's heads off.
To: RedMonqey; KJC1
The idiot didn't even know ya had to cock the gun to ready it to fire.
While that statement is true, it was one of his co-maroons that burned his hand with the barrel.
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posted on
06/09/2006 7:40:11 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(Victory at all costs-in spite of all terror-however long and hard the road may be-for survival)
To: KJC1
"...The video released in April...helped experts from Jordan pinpoint his location north of Baghdad..."
I'm assuming we have geologists, mineralogists, cartographers and locals on our intelligence team.
Cool.
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posted on
06/09/2006 8:21:27 PM PDT
by
sergeantdave
(And though getting up in the world attracts attention, it does not establish solid worth.)
To: ARealMothersSonForever
Every civilian in that town knew that he was in the area. It would have been appropriate to smoke the whole town. But we did not. That is the restraint and decency that the USA shows.
Insightful comment.
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posted on
06/09/2006 8:34:36 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Liberalism has run out of ideas, so it seeks to shut down debate -- Ben Shapiro)
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