IRAQ: AL-ZARQAWI SERIOUSLY INJURED, SAYS IRAQI OFFICIAL

[Roland99]

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.165740392&par=0

Baghdad, 11 May (AKI) - The Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is "serious injured, possibly dead" according to Colonel Fouad Hani Hassan, commander of the fifth division of the Iraqi armed forces, cited by 'Elaph', a popular website in the Arab world. Al-Zarqawi, considered al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, is believed to have been injured in the major offensive US-led forces have been carrying out in the western Anbar province over the last few days.

Is that Baghdad Bob's cousin or something??


:rofl:

[htuttle]

1. Lost another leg?

It'll grow back.

[Career Prole]

18. SPLAT goes the coffee!

:spray:

[Selteri]

19. Beat me to it! LOL NT

[11 Bravo]

24. Damn! Bin Laden MUST be a genius!

Who else would have had the foresight to select a starfish as his second-in-command?

[d_b]

60. LOL

He's down to 3 now.

[truebrit71]

2. Again?

:eyes:

[Zenlitened]

3. Again? Or still?

:shrug:

[underpants]

4. What, another leg?

How many does he have left now?

Zarqawi Eclipsing Bin Laden in Prominence
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119700,00.html
In 1999, after being released from jail in Jordan, Zarqawi formed an alliance with bin Laden allowing Zarqawi to operate a training camp in Afghanistan for Arab fighters committed to the overthrow of Jordan's moderate monarchy.
During the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, Zarqawi is believed to have been badly wounded in a U.S. airstrike and fled to Iran. Later, he ended up in Baghdad, where Saddam's regime allowed him to recuperate for several months after having his leg amputated.

But check out how CNN spins itself into the ground trying to cover for Bush five weeks earlier
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/us.zarqawi/
A U.S. official said Tuesday that al-Zarqawi traveled to Baghdad in May 2002 for treatment of a leg injury but, contrary to previous reports, appears not to have had a leg amputated. The official would not discuss the reason for the change in assessment.
Al-Zarqawi, an associate of Osama bin Laden, had been named by the Bush administration as an al Qaeda member who fled to Iraq from Afghanistan in May 2002 for medical treatment and then stayed to organize terror plots. He came to Iraq with about two dozen al Qaeda terrorists, according to the administration.
Before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, President Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell and other administration officials pointed to intelligence that they said suggested al-Zarqawi had had his leg amputated in Baghdad.

Unfortunately a YEAR before that report CNN said:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/29/sprj.irq.terrorist.capture/index.html
Zarqawi was said to have received medical treatment in Baghdad in May and June of 2002 after being wounded in Afghanistan during the war. His leg was amputated, U.S. officials say, by a surgeon in Iraq.

[hippiechick]

5. Dude's as danger prone as W ...

:silly:

[hvn_nbr_2]

43. Bomb the insurgents with pretzels and bicycles. That'll get 'em. n/t

[The Magistrate]

6. This Report, Sir, Is Nonsense

[leftchick]

7. Is he the one legged or three legged version?

So who will they blame when the "insurgency" doesn't die down? Paging Moqtada! You're up again!

:eyes:

[ET Awful]

8. So how many limbs has this guy lost now?

I mean hell, he's died a few times, lost a leg or three, been seriously wounded numerous times.

It's a freakin' miracle!

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. "commander of the fifth division of the Iraqi armed forces"

all 3 of them.

[RBHam]

10. Zarqawi is the Geronimo of Iraq...

Like a ghost - he appears and disapears, wreaking vengeance on the white eyes and their collaborators, and then POOF he is gone, leaving no trace, just a legend behind...

indestructible in battle, suffering wound after wound, losing a leg yet still carrying on indefatigably...a man whom even Death himself cannot keep bound in his bony grip...

Where's John Huston when you need him?

[Karenina]

13. Dead.

[d_b]

63. A regular Kaiser Soze

[democracyindanger]

11. Latest picture of Al-Zarqawi

Coalition forces still wary: Zarqawi can still bite.

[underpants]

14. LOL

HAHAHA

[Roland99]

17. LMAO!!

[Danmel]

25. It's just a flesh wound

eom

[LynnTheDem]

21. That's HIM!!! That's HIM!!!

I recognize the missing leg!!!

[sinkingfeeling]

28. Stop it! People are coming to the office door to see if I've gone totally

mad!!

[Bouncy Ball]

12. Yeah right.

Suuuuuure.

[plasticsundance]

15. They must have another bogeyman in the wings

Wasn't Al-Zarqawi killed once before in Afghanistan? Notice when there's an uptick in the violence in Iraq, all of sudden the military has all this new information that leads absolutely nowhere and changes nothing. Pardon the double negative.

When we were young reporters in Vietnam in that period -- '62, '63 -- and the generals would tell us how they were winning the war, we thought they were lying to us. We considered these statements of fatuous optimism to be insults to our intelligence. We thought that they regarded us with contempt because we were reporters. We thought they had a grip on reality. When I got the Pentagon Papers, I began to realize that, just a moment, maybe these people believed these delusions. And then when I began to research the book, I discovered that it was absolutely true. I got the secret records of those strategy conferences in Honolulu, and here were these men, sitting in a guarded room under top-secret circumstances, and they were more optimistic than they had been with us in a press conference in Saigon! And it was, I don't want to use that slang phrase, but it was mind boggling in a way. I mean, it was like an explosion going off in your mind, because you realized, "My God, they believed in these delusions." We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.

Return to Washington

[grytpype]

16. We've broken the insurgency's back!

And turned the corner, so we can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

[hvn_nbr_2]

44. Broke their backs, shot off their legs, plucked their eyebrows, and...

they just keep comin'

[LynnTheDem]

20. OH MY GAWD he's LOST A LEG!!!

:rofl:

[peacebaby3]

22. It doesn't matter, there is another al-Zarqawi waiting in the wings.

This war will never be won by force - only hearts and minds.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

23. Someone better break out the duct tape and patch him up

I'm pretty sure they're not ready to kill him off yet. Besides, I hear if you retread your used al-Zarqawi's they're good for another 10,000 terror threats. :eyes:

[ComerPerro]

26. They are really turning the propaganda machine into high gear

The grenade story, the plane yesterday, today there was a flight redirected because someone showed up on the no-fly list, and now they report this.

Probably another lie.

[Roland99]

29. Probably?

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."

Goebbels

[ComerPerro]

30. Well, ok. Not "probably".

definately

[Roland99]

32. There ya go!

:)

[AntiCoup2K4]

27. And in other news today... EASTER BUNNY, TOOTH FAIRY SERIOUSLY INJURED....

....IN 10 CAR PILEUP ON THE HIGHWAY TO HELL!!

Santa Claus hit them head on with the sleigh and it was all over :(

[booley]

31. So? apparently Zarqawi is a superhuman mutant.

I mean, how can you seriously injure someone who grew back an amputated leg!?!

seriously, this is almost a non-issue. The iraqi resistence doesn't much care for Zarqawi then they do for the US.

[RBHam]

33. Anybody listen to this propaganda anymore?

I wonder...

[Toby109]

34. Are we positively sure that al-Zarqawi

is not Christ? Because he sure has that whole resurrection thing down.

On a side note: We've got one guy with shit for kidneys and another with a severe limb deficiency kicking the absolute crap out of us. WTF?!!?!!

[Beelzebud]

35. His real name is Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Vorhees

And you CAN NOT KILL HIM! He just keeps coming back!

I think they should just go ahead and paste a hockey mask over his face, in his pictures. :)

[Roland99]

36. Perhaps if our troops shouted out "Ni!"

[eridani]

37. Naw, it's Emmanuel Goldstein

Or maybe Wile E. Coyote.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

42. I think i hear sometthing!?

*ji ji ji*

*had had had*

[Beelzebud]

54. ROFL Man that was great!

Ji Ji Ji

Had Had Had

LOL LOL LOL

[SouthPasadenaDem]

38. Oh, god. Not again.

Don't they think the american public has caught onto this one yet?

[faithnotgreed]

39. hi spdem. i dont think you want to know the answer to that question!

if the media doesnt tell anyone then no i guess most people wont catch on to anything thats really going on

[clem_c_rock]

40. boy that guys gets around somethin' fierce w/ one leg and all

One minute he's behind the Madrid terror bombing - the next he's organizing a massive chemical attack in Jorden, and then, lickety split, he's right back in Iraq.

What an amazing guy - doncha think!

but, yet, they forgot to put him on this list: http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/fugitives.htm

[geek tragedy]

41. I think it's Rasputin, the tough old sob. eom

[AlCzervik]

45. oh for fucks sake! I wish i had a dollar for every

Zarqawi "injured" and "Nearly captured" story that came out.

[daleo]

46. Bullwinkle: Hey, Rocky, watch me pull Zarqari out of my hat.

Rocky: What, again?
Bullwinkle: Nothing up my sleeve. Presto.
(looks in hat, no Zarqawi there)
Wrong hat.
Rocky: And now here's something you'll really enjoy:

Newscast cuts away to Runaway Bride.

[Roland99]

52. heh heh

[Name removed]

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[stickdog]

48. The reports of Emmanuel Goldstein's death have been greatly exaggerated.

[HR_Pufnstuf]

49. This just in...

MC Al-Z lost his other leg.

[brettdale]

50. wasn't Bin laden suppose to be near death?

Wasnt Bin Laden suppose to be near death also.

[laylah]

51. Again?

Which leg did he lose in THIS incident...after being exhumed for the umpteenth time? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

jenn

[Media_Lies_Daily]

53. He must be on his 8th life by now.

[cal04]

55. Al-Zarqawi wounded

IRAQ’S most wanted terrorist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been seriously wounded, according to a doctor who claims to have treated him last week.
The doctor told an Iraqi reporter in the western city of Ramadi that Zarqawi was bleeding heavily when he was brought into hospital on Wednesday. After treating his wounds the doctor tried to persuade him to remain, but the Jordanian-born terrorist’s minders drove him away.

The claim was supported yesterday by a senior commander in the Iraqi resistance who had been to Ramadi to investigate the report. The doctor, who refused to specify the nature of the wounds and asked not to be identified, was detained by the Americans on Friday for questioning, residents said.

Zarqawi, described as Osama Bin Laden’s “emir” in Iraq, is the Americans’ top target. He has been blamed for countless suicide bombings and for the execution of western hostages, including Ken Bigley, the Liverpool engineer. There is a £13m bounty on his head. Last week US forces launched an offensive near al-Qaim, more than 100 miles northwest of the city, and claimed to have killed scores of insurgents.

According to the doctor, Zarqawi was escorted into Ramadi general hospital by smartly dressed men. “He was bleeding heavily and his escorts were well dressed with a look about them that was different from the casualties and family members we had been receiving from the al-Qaim offensive,” he was quoted as saying. “I treated his injury and asked that he remain in hospital for further observations and told him that we would have to register him and take down his name and details. But he became very nervous and agitated. He refused and told me he would not be staying.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1613016,00.html

[oblivious]

56. I wonder what the hell this means:

The claim was supported yesterday by a senior commander in the Iraqi resistance who had been to Ramadi to investigate the report.

That's the weirdest freakin line I've read all week.
1. Times-on-line using "resistance".
2. Senior commander in "the resistance" investigating Al-Z? I thought they all answered to the one-legged wonder.
3. A senior commander of the resistance being interviewed by the Sunday Times?

Huh?

[spanone]

57. "They" seem to conveniently release this info when needed.

Diversionary tactics.

[mopaul]

58. Here's a photo of Zarqawi after his many serious injuries

[oblivious]

59. That isn't Thomas Friedman operating on him, is it?

:rofl: :rofl:

[HeeBGBz]

61. Isn't this the second time this week?

Or is this an old thread?

[booksenkatz]

62. Fine. Now we can bring our troops home, right? :blecccch: NT