September 26, 2005
WHAT'S THE LIFE EXPECTANCY ON THAT JOB?:
Pentagon: Top Zarqawi Aide Killed (CBS News, Sept. 26, 2005)
The No. 2 al Qaeda leader in Iraq was killed Sunday night, U.S. officials say. Abu Azzam, reportedly the deputy to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, was shot during a house rain in Baghdad, according to Pentagon officials.As the aide to Zarqawi, Azzam was reportedly in control of financing foreign fighters coming into Iraq, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
According to Pentagon officials coalition troops raided the house in response to a tip. When Azzam opened fire, these officials say, he was killed with troops' return fire.
What effect this will have on the insurgency remains to be seen. In the past, key Zarqawi lieutenants have been killed or captured without any decrease in the number of suicide bombings.
We only have to get lucky once, they have to be lucky every minute of every day. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 26, 2005 4:27 PM
Shades of the Hamas leadership.
Posted by: obc at September 26, 2005 4:54 PMCindy Sheehan can post his picture next to her son's.
Posted by: Mike Morley at September 26, 2005 5:15 PMWhich is why it is better to play offense (US Army, Marines, etc.) than defense (Homeland Security).
Posted by: Rick T. at September 26, 2005 5:16 PMWhat do you call it when a "tip" leads you to killing the number two terrorist in a metropolis like Baghdad? End game.
Posted by: Luciferous at September 26, 2005 5:23 PMPut his head on a pike.
Then take one of the top al qaeda thugs in captivity, get him some cool clothes, rings and shades, give him a forged bank book with $2,000,000.00 in it, give him an I.V. with a pint of scotch in it, stick him in a Mercedes convertible with a full tank of gas and the top down and point him towards Syria.
Posted by: Genecis at September 26, 2005 6:01 PMCindy who?
Posted by: Genecis at September 26, 2005 6:03 PMPalme
Posted by: oj at September 26, 2005 6:05 PMI'm sceptical about how important Zarqawi really is.
You don't live long in guerilla warfare if you have a high profile.
Posted by: Ali Choudhury at September 27, 2005 6:37 AMYou guys are really naive if you believe every US Govt. press releases that makes it sound as though we are actually getting anywhere in the war on terror. The Iraqi deck of cards was a complete joke, Zarqawi is a joke, as it is now every time we hear something like "officials today report the capture of a man ranked 7th in the Worldwide Terrorism Association. The new rankings will be in next week after the Arabian Open."
Its very important for the admin to keep up this impression of actual accomplishments in the war on terror, when there seems to be little else to show save for all the dead civilians, ruined buildings, corrupted local officials, random acts of violence, shattered public institutions, and the possession of a desert underneath which lies the 2nd largest untapped source of the most valuable commodity in the world.
Rob-
.."when there seems to be little else to show save for all the dead civilians, ruined buildings, corrupted local officials, random acts of violence, shattered public institutions, and the possession of a desert underneath which lies the 2nd largest untapped source of the most valuable commodity in the world."
Now that they've achieved equality with major american cities (wihtout the dubious benefits of large amount of oil reserves) maybe it really is time for us to leave.
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at September 27, 2005 11:25 AM
Rob:
Yes, the terrorism will only truly die down once we're gone, but you saw in Palestine how little the Hamas guys were interested in being constant targets.
Posted by: oj at September 27, 2005 12:04 PMRandy,
I really hope you aren't making a reference to 9/11 in your comment.