Al-Zarqawi Buried In 'Secret Location'

CBS/AP ^ | 7/2/03

[bnelson44]

BAGHDAD (CBS/AP) -- Slain terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been buried in an undisclosed location, the U.S. military and Iraqi government officials said Sunday.

Iraqi National Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie told The Associated Press that al-Zarqawi had been buried in a "secret location" in Baghdad.

The U.S. military confirmed the burial but declined to give more details.

"The remains of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi were turned over to the appropriate government of Iraq officials and buried in accordance with Muslim customs and traditions," the military said in an e-mailed statement. "Anything further than that would be addressed by the Iraqi government."

Al-Rubaie would not say when the Jordanian-born militant, who was killed June 7 in a U.S. air strike northeast of Baghdad, was buried or give more specifics on the location of the grave.

Al-Zarqawi's family had called for his body to be returned to Jordan for burial, but the government in Amman had refused because of the triple suicide bombing his al Qaeda in Iraq organization carried out in the country last year.

The Amman bombings sparked widespread outrage among Jordanians who had been sympathetic to insurgents battling the U.S. military presence in Iraq.

The U.S. military listed the cause of death as "primary blast injury of the lung" after an autopsy was performed on al-Zarqawi, who survived for nearly an hour after the air strike outside Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.

[Killborn]

The Vice President would appreciate his new urinal.

...and target practice sillhouette.

...and animal rug.

...and fire wood.

...and toilet plunger.

...and...

[Perdogg]

I hope they just threw his body in the open sewer like the Romans did with Emperor Elagabalus.

[MNJohnnie]

I did not realize the Bagdad Municipal Landfill location was secret.

[Grut]

Pikers. After the execution of the Nazi leaders at Nuremberg, their bodies were cremated, the ashes mixed together and handed to a couple of MPs who were ordered to drive around on back roads until they had no idea where they were, then dump the ashes into the ditch.

Now, that's body disposal.

[Always A Marine]

OK, I'll be the one to leak the Top Secret details of Operation Burial Plot to the New York Times. The battered remains of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi were flown to the United States, and are buried on a hog farm in Iowa. The American people have a right to know...

[marsh_of_mists]

Why does everyone have to bad mouth Elagabalus? He was a poor, oppressed, transgendered youth who didn't have a gay-straight alliance at his lyceum to support him. Homophobes! </s>

I don't care what they do with Zarqawi's body--bury it, send it to Jordan, toss it in the ocean in a burlap sack. The important thing is that his soul's been removed from the body, rendering it impotent to cause any more harm.

[Young Werther]

You've just given my 4th of July hotdogs a flavorful zing/ping!

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Slain terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been buried in an undisclosed location, the U.S. military and Iraqi government officials said Sunday.

Under the officer's latrine?

[Enchante]

"buried on a hog farm in Iowa"

Now that's what I was calling for!! Great minds think alike..... I hate to think of any molecules from the Z-man rubbing off on any good American hogs, but if the hole is dug deep enough and then filled with enough manure to keep him company for eternity, that would be fine with me.

[magslinger]

The remains of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi were turned over to the appropriate government of Iraq officials and buried in accordance with Muslim customs and traditions,

Would that mean his remains were burned and hung from a bridge or mutilated, booby trapped and just left?

[bmwcyle]

Find the grave and watch for who comes by to pay respects. Then shoot them.

[keithtoo]

It really doesn't matter where his body is, his soul is in hell.

[Van Jenerette]

[DennisR]

Am I correct in believing he was thrown into a pile of rotting pig carcasses?

[MikeA]

Hopefully wrapped in pork. Amazing isn't it we "mean" Americans will give him a Muslim burial. Woudl the Muslims do the same for our soldiers?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

John Wilkes Booth's Grave

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

They should have fed the carcass to a herd of starving hogs. If his family members complain -- give them each a hog.

[xrp]

[toddlintown]

Behind the Hormel pork plant?