No fun! You have to strike a dramatic pose when you die. 
Posted on 11/21/2005 10:15:05 AM PST by areafiftyone
Al Qaida chief of operations in Iraq, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, wears a suicide bomb belt so he can kill himself if capture appears imminent - a practice that apparently drove U.S. forces to suspect that he was one of three terrorists who blew themselves up after they surrounded a safehouse in Mosul on Saturday.
"He has sworn never to be taken alive by the U.S.," ABC newsman Brian Ross reported Monday, adding: "He actually travels with his own suicide explosive belt."
While U.S. officials remain publicly skeptical that Zarqawi was among those killed, DNA tests are continuing in a bid to determine the identities of the three terrorists who committed suicide using explosive devices.
Joint forces backed by U.S. military helicopters surrounded the house after receiving a tip that Zarqawi might be inside, the governor of Nineveh province, Duraid Kashmoula, told the Washington Post.
The Iraqi official put the chances that Zarqawi was among the dead at 30 percent.
Over the past month, Kashmoula told the paper, there has been a series of raids following a surge in tips from Iraqis who have turned on Zarqawi. "Their feeling is that al Qaida in Iraq has overstepped its bounds," he explained.
Zarqawi, who regularly issues public communiqués on audiotape and via the Internet, has not been heard from since Saturday's attack.
I agree it is best to wait on the celebration but with his bombing in Jordan, that really upset a lot of folks with whom he was hiding. They may have given up on him, it would only take one person with the right knowledge.
"Allie Allie In Free".
And we all know that Karl Rove put Bin Laden up to it. No way Bin Laden would support Kerry. But that sneaky Rove got him to do it. Or so says Walter Cronkite.
I doubt he has the guts to actually do it.
Oooops.
He went to Iraq on Thanksgiving 2003.
(time flies when you're having fun)
Understood, but my point was that his head should still be recognizable and the DNA test would not really be necessary. It's unlikely that a man could function with the degree of mobility necessary for today's busy terrorist while carrying around enough explosive to completely obliterate the head (unless he wore it in his hat). /grin
Everyone will be wearing them this season. Hope this chicken dust sicko blows himself to smithereens and winds up with his 42 virgins that all look like Janet Reno.
Merry Christmas AZ.
A suicide belt? This gives OOOPS! an interesting dimension.
I won't believe it till I see his head on a pike (so to speak) but..
I will say that out of all the 'Zarqawi's Dead' rumors over the past few years, this one seems among the most promising.
I'm crossing my fingers.
heh heh!
ROFL!
Well, if he did have the guts they'll get his DNA sample from all over the walls.
I tend to take the suicide belt story with a grain, too. This is a guy who would much rather send others to their deaths. If he wears one, I'd have to ask if it was functional or just for appearances.
Whatever happened to cyanide pills?
You can identify with quite a high level of confidence by comparing DNA data with a close relative's.
Excellent!
BTW, your spread sounds great.
Let's pray that he is now just a red stain and a bad memory.
Doubtful though.
No fun! You have to strike a dramatic pose when you die.
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