Was Al-Zarqawi Beaten After Bombing?

CBS/AP ^ | June 10, 2006

[Lacey]

CBS/AP) An Iraqi man who was one of the first people on the scene of the U.S. airstrike targeting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said he saw American troops beating a man who had a beard like the al Qaeda leader.

The witness, who lives near the house where al-Zarqawi spent his last days, said he saw the man lying on the ground near an irrigation canal. He was badly wounded but still alive, the man told Associated Press Television News.

U.S. troops arriving on the scene wrapped the man's head in an Arab robe and began beating him, said the local man, who refused to give his name or show his face to the camera. His account could not be independently verified.

[NCjim]

...until they turned his head around.

Reminds me of one of "Brother" Dave Gardner's stories.

[pissant]

It might be progaganda, but it will raise our military in even higher esteem if they beat the sh*t out of him.

[lowbridge]

My sources said they were smoking cigarettes, and uttering racial epitaths while commiting these hate crimes!

While wearing Nazi armbands on their uniforms!

[Drango]

Hey! I saw the same thing!

I too saw it! And I can verify both of you were there. Now we have three people reporting the same exact thing.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I hear that his family is demanding that his body be returned so it can be buried and worshipped for his martyrdom.

Feed the body to a herd of starving hogs.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I hear that his family is demanding that his body be returned so it can be buried and worshipped for his martyrdom.

Feed the body to a herd of starving hogs. Then give each family member a hog.

[plangent]

No boubt ZARK wondered why his 72 virgins were in combat gear.

[cardinal4]

Forget the hogs, they didnt do anything to deserve that. Just give them body back piece by piece. And make sure they return TWO legs..

[Interesting Times]

CBS News credible source: An anonymous Iraqi, who refused to give his name or show his face to the camera.

CBS News non-credible source: 60 honorably discharged U.S. Navy veterans carrying signed affidavits who dislike John Kerry.

[axes_of_weezles]

[The South Texan]

Let the MSM make a big deal out of this. Maybe some of the brain dead sheeple amongest us will finally realize the American media is anti-Aemerican once and for all.

[expatguy]

I sure hope so.

[frithguild]

"the local man, who refused to give his name or show his face to the camera"

Anyone seen Dan Rather lately?

[Dawggie]

uhhh.........is this supose to tug at my heart strings?

[appeal2]

You know its hard when you're fighting jihadists all day and night to get proper exercise. I am happy that our troops got the opportunity for an aerobic workout. Perhaps they extend these workouts to the driveby media.

[sofaman]

if his head was wrapped in a robe, how did this guy know that the fellow had a beard?

[AliVeritas]

Save this webpage to your email ASAP. The author has changed it and AP's getting the paper sites to change it... to the same URLs with no update... strictly re-written and re-lied. Trust me. Will post the new version vs old in a sec.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

"the local man, who refused to give his name or show his face to the camera"

" The Americans beat the poor man to death. This is most truthful."

[conservative physics]

I can only hope they beat him, in fact, I hope they put reeds under his fingernails before he died.

Rot in hell Al-Zarqawi !

[AliVeritas]

In this thread earlier from Yahoo, it had the old version...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646849/posts

I debunk it in the thread.
Now hit the link for Yahoo on the thread and see what you get. Then google the title from the thread... nada.

This is where the same link takes you now:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060610/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_al_zarqawi

Patrick Quinn AP is lower than dirt. I wrote an email to the editor at Newsday and other papers that are a party to this. We all know the AP is accountable to no one.

I think the reason this one didn't get changed was the title. (Why is it different anyway... oh, CBS).