U.S. moves to stop Zarqawi network in Iraq

RedNova ^ | 6/9/06 | Kim Gamel and Robert Burns- ap

[goldstategop]

We're gonna roll up his entire network. Its a big job but us infidels are up to it. The Islamofascists saw how easily we took out Z-Man. The rest should be a piece of cake.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[NormsRevenge]

A Pakistani Muslim reads a newspaper splashed with headlines of the killing of al Qaeda militant Abu Musab al Zarqawi in Peshawar June 9, 2006. (Ali Imam/Reuters)

[NormsRevenge]

YOOO hooo!! OOOO..Saaammaaaaa..

Exiled al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is seen in this April 1998 picture in Afghanistan.Tracking down Osama bin Laden has proven tougher than getting to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi because the top al-Qaida leader does almost nothing to call attention to himself and is protected by a ring of far more faithful followers, intelligence experts said Thursday June 8, 2006. The mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks avoids using satellite phones and the Internet. He is likely holed up along the Pakistani-Afghan border in rugged, remote terrain, protected by loyal tribesmen. (AP Photo)

[atomicpossum]

A U.S. military search of the destroyed safehouse where the al-Qaida in Iraq leader was killed Wednesday yielded documents and information storage devices that are being assessed for potential use against his followers, a military officer said.

This could be the Iraq War's equivalent of capturing the Nazi's Enigma machine.

[DemforBush]

But..but...killing Zarqawi meant nothing! It probably made the terrorists stronger!

/Pelosi logic

[marron]

Well, this is pretty good. Saddam's in an American cell, Bin Ladin's in a mud cell somewhere, and Zarqawi's in hell.

They keep lining them up, we keep knocking them down. Just like bowling pins.

Anybody notice? The bounty on Zarq was $25 million. The bounty on Masri is, like, $50,000. Being head of Al Qaeda is losing its luster. The next guy after Masri is, like, twelve hundred bucks and a Starbucks card.

[jazusamo]

The taking out of Zarq and these subsequent raids are a huge step forward. It is hilarious that the MSM and the libs can be so foolish as to try to down play the importance of it. I hope it comes back to bite them in the butt.

[marron]

I hope it comes back to bite them in the butt.

In a way, it already is, when you realize we only read them to laugh at them.

[rageaholic]

Usaf was watching from the sky. Usaf was pleased and verily he sent two 500 pound virgins.

[Brilliant]

You wonder why they announced his death before they did these raids.

[DoughtyOne]

I guess this can best be summed up by...

FFFFFLLLLLUUUUUUUSSSSSSHHHHHHHH!

[devolve]

Another version, another background:

SAY HELLO TO MOHAMMED!

[Czar]

* applause! *

[When do we get liberated?]

The headline in the News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)

"AL-ZARQARI KILLED, IRAQ BRACES FOR MORE VIOLENCE"

Don't these guysever want to be on the winning side?

I guess they prefer to be on the whinning side.

[When do we get liberated?]

No, the NAZI's were organized and intelligent, with a command and control structure. This bunch of camel jockeys wages war with IMPROVISED explosive devices. They can't even seem to put together a purposefully designed explosive device.

[JSteff]

"This could be the Iraq War's equivalent of capturing the Nazi's Enigma machine."

Only if we had captured the enigma machine and told the Germans we had a way to break their codes.

Zarqawi killed ended that thread of the conflict. It did not give us the keys to the plans of all we fight in Iraq. We get nothing beyond (except satisfaction).

It was more like when Hess flew to England. He was no longer part of the equation. Same thing.

However it was truly great that we were able to eliminate that murderer. I only wish we could have made him suffer more...

..then hauled his body away in a tanker truck of pig's blood.

[Marine_Uncle]

"In a bid to prevent reprisal attacks, Iraqi authorities imposed a driving ban in Baghdad and Diyala province to the north, where al-Zarqawi and the others were killed."

Now just hold on one damn minute L/MSM scumbags. You fools where advertiseing to the frigen high heavens a week and a half ago that this province and it's capital where taken over by AQ Iraqi. So how come now we read for some reason, with very little news if any over the past week plus, that Iraqi security forces have imposed a driving ban in this province?
If the insurgent groups had taken over those dozens of cities, towns, hamlets, $hit in the holes in Diyala province, what sense would a driving ban have. No one would pay attention to it, if it was under the insurgent's control.
I do hope more Freepers that do not have the time and resources to closely follow this stuff are getting a better idea as how the L/MSM with the aid of al-Jazeria and other Arab news sources continue to pump out mostly horse, aheeemmm, camel droppings and assume all will believe all that goes to print or the boob tube.
At any rate. This article does appear to be un-biased as we have recently seen in similiar articles.
I salute TF145 and all that interfaced with them to bring this to past. Job well done men and women!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Outstanding news....been looking thru the blogosphere and this one references this article:

U.S. Forces aiming to destroy al Qaeda in Iraq

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Following the airstrike that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi earlier this week, U.S. forces have launched numerous raids from intelligence gathered both before and after the airstrikes, and are lining up to deal al Qaeda a fatal blow in Iraq after months of taking out Zarqawi operatives and leadership that culiminated with the killing of the al Qaeda leader.

Earlier Friday, a senior U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said many items had been found in raids over the past two days based on intelligence gathered from Zarqawi's safehouse, which was flattened by two U.S. bombs on Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Bill Caldwell, speaking to reporters at the Pentagon by video-teleconference from his office in Baghdad, said that after 17 raids in the immediate aftermath of the airstrike, more were launched on Thursday.

On Friday, the U.S. military carried out 39 seperate raids in an effort to hunt down and destroy the al Qaeda network in Iraq. At last report, 25 suspected terrorists have been detained and one killed, while a wealth of intelligence has been gathered, including harddrives, memory sticks and other items.

Posted by C.S. Scott at June 9, 2006 04:33 PM

[NormsRevenge]

17 raids yesterday, 19 killed, 56 raids so far as of earlier today..