View Full Version : Abu Musab al-Zarqawi dead
BMT (RIP)
06-08-2006, 03:05
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198651,00.html
BMT
Isn't this the fifth or sixth time he's been killed and confirmed now?
Keeping fingers-crossed and awaiting a forensic confirmation, but don't think that this will have a large effect on the situation in Iraq aside from the obvious PR benefits.
Thank God if he's dead, though. I hope it was slow.
Solid
uboat509
06-08-2006, 03:57
It is being reported in all the major media outlets that it has been confirmed that it is him with finger prints, facial recognition and known scars. They got him!
SFC W
Brother Rat
06-08-2006, 04:26
Well done, gentlemen!
Insurgent websites are confirming his death. :)
longrange1947
06-08-2006, 05:25
Love it! :D
Seems that they have confirmed through finger prints, face and scars.
Jack Moroney (RIP)
06-08-2006, 05:43
That's good news, however I have no doubt that the void will be filled.
You can run but you can not hide.
Enjoy the moment.
Another victory in the GWOT and the Iraqi War of Independence.
USG must be very careful with how they handle this success, IMO, because if they make too much of it in the broad GWOT or, worse, the war in Iraq, it will come as a huge shock to most people when the terrorist/insurgent attacks continue. It seems to me that this 'deck of card' or 'roster of rogues' approach to rolling up AQ and the Iraqi insurgency is about as bad for public support as the concentration on body count in Vietnam.
Opinions?
Thanks,
Solid
Insurgent websites are confirming his death. :)
I'm not sure that's a good sign.:rolleyes:
If true it should have as much overall effect as the capture of Sadahm.:rolleyes:
We talk of a GWOT and they talk of a Global Jihad that has gone on for centuries.
NousDefionsDoc
06-08-2006, 06:58
When are they going to learn to quit cleaning them up and making them look like Jesus asleep for these pics? His face is going to be on T-shirts all over the world by lunch.
They have to show them like they are when they die. Young people see how it really is, they won't be rushing to join. The pics I saw on FNC makes him look like a martyr.
Sir, I agree. The void will be filled, we can hope the next one is a dufus leg. Today I celebrate.
Goggles Pizano
06-08-2006, 07:15
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Congrats to all who made this happen! Now on to the next target...
Watching it on Foxnews now. Thanks to SOF and usaf, great job guys:o
CPTAUSRET
06-08-2006, 07:32
To the guys on the ground who lased the target!
I think we ought to collect all his remaining pieces, and feed them to the hogs!
If we are going to fight a war, let's fight a F@CKIN WAR!
Nice shootin' boys.
Okay....who's next??
Hope he rots in hell!
Doc
CoLawman
06-08-2006, 08:13
This will be worthy of a tic mark on the GWOT timeline. My cup is half full and I believe this will have a tremendous impact on this war. His martyrdom comes at a great price to the Al Queda leadership. The great idiot narrowly escaped a couple of times before. This is a testament to the idiot's inability to counter efforts to locate him. Sucks to be him.
Congrats to our forces.
Well Done!
FYI: Video from the F-16 strike has been released. (http://www.mnf-iraq.com/zarqawi/video/Zaqarwi_Clip.wmv)
Cincinnatus
06-08-2006, 09:12
Just heard that Hell is opening a 10th circle to ease overcrowding from all these assholes.
Well done!
Like in a sporting event we should celebrate the score but realize the game isn't over. Let's don't spike the ball on the one foot line like before.
This may be a significant blow in that Zarqawi was the recruiter and commander of the foreign troops in Iraq. Maybe we will only have to withstand the Suni/Shia conflict now.
When are they going to learn to quit cleaning them up and making them look like Jesus asleep for these pics? His face is going to be on T-shirts all over the world by lunch.
They have to show them like they are when they die. Young people see how it really is, they won't be rushing to join. The pics I saw on FNC makes him look like a martyr.
Here he is before being "cleaned" up.
CPTAUSRET
06-08-2006, 10:35
Here he is before being "cleaned" up.
That's a keeper!
Terry
Well done.
+1 to feeding him to the pigs.
Was there any audio to the airstrike vid?
I wonder if he had his SAW with him when he got hit....LOL!
Congrats to the boys who sent Zarqawi to hell, love to buy them a round of drinks!
jasonglh
06-08-2006, 11:32
While being a small success in the grand scheme of things hopefully to the American public it will be an indicator that things are being taken care of. Will be interesting to see the poll numbers of what the public thinks about Iraq in another day or so of the corpse getting air time.
I think the average citizen still feels its a failure that Bin Laden has not been killed even though they have to realize another muppet will just take his place. That especially seems to be the indicator of succes or failure in Afghanistan to my Democrat voting family members. They disregard all the success because they still see new videos on CNN from Bin Laden.
incommin
06-08-2006, 11:39
May his 74 celestial virgins all have the clap!
You can run but you can not hide.
Enjoy the moment.
I thought it was you can run, but you'll only die tired. :D
Well done to all involved....next up.
Fox News did just show the picture of him without being "cleaned up". THAT is the picture that should be on every front page of every newspaper tomorrow.
Monsoon65
06-08-2006, 18:25
I thought it was you can run, but you'll only die tired. :D
Well done to all involved....next up.
Fox News did just show the picture of him without being "cleaned up". THAT is the picture that should be on every front page of every newspaper tomorrow.
Well, I hope the shitbird died tired!!
Well, I hope the shitbird died tired!!
LOL me too, it's all good...dead is dead.
Here he is before being "cleaned" up.
How's this for a T-Shirt? The blood spattered, fly covered face of Che and this picture of Zarqawi with the Caption: "We Always Get Our Man!"?
Warrior-Mentor
06-08-2006, 20:32
This was a great news story to wake up to today.
Glad to hear it. Foc seems to be the only station to get the story right.
Tony Snow did well this morning handling the questions and keeping things in perspective as well...
Tangodown_inc
06-08-2006, 21:29
Sometimes good bombs fall on bad people... Kudo's to the SpecOps guys lazing the target.
Team Sergeant
06-08-2006, 21:48
Sometimes good bombs fall on bad people... Kudo's to the SpecOps guys lazing the target.
I'm not aware of any SOF involved in the strike.
(F-16's do not require anyone to illuminate targets for them, see AN/AAQ-14 Targeting Pod.)
Tangodown_inc
06-08-2006, 21:54
You're probably right Team Sergeant. Military press conference I saw stated SOF confirmed target's presence in the house prior to the strike, but that doesn't mean they were directing the bombs. Either way, everyone did a good job yesterday.
TS, Fox had reported earlier this evening that the folks involved with this op were from a task force based out of Ft Bragg to include (according to Fox) a certain special unit and SEAL Team 6. Again, it's only what I happened to hear reported...doesn't make it true.
Team Sergeant
06-08-2006, 22:02
You're probably right Team Sergeant. Military press conference I saw stated SOF confirmed target's presence in the house prior to the strike, but that doesn't mean they were directing the bombs. Either way, everyone did a good job yesterday.
I've heard/read nothing stating SOF involvment.
You may want to go and read this....
Senior Zarqawi Network Leaders Helped U.S. Bring Him Down
Thursday, June 08, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The spiritual adviser and deputy to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi didn't know it, but he led U.S. and Iraqi intelligence officials directly to the terror leader's door during a visit he paid Zarqawi at a safehouse.
That brought about the Wednesday night airstrike that killed both men.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198735,00.html
Team Sergeant
Ambush Master
06-08-2006, 22:08
A report that I heard today stated that it was a Team that was detached from the Team that is hunting OBL and company. Let's just leave it at.... These guys don't F@ around and use all available assets to accomplish their mission!!:D
The Z-man has been "Poof-Sooted"!!!
As they say in The Barber Shop...............NEXT!!!!!:munchin
Later
Martin
Tangodown_inc
06-08-2006, 22:13
CNN interview with LT GEN Gary North confirmed strike by F-16's employing targeting pods and GPS guided weapons. President Bush praised SOF forces for their involvment in the operation. I'm sure it was a very busy day in country in the aftermath of this strike.
Team Sergeant
06-08-2006, 22:22
CNN interview with LT GEN Gary North confirmed strike by F-16's employing targeting pods and GPS guided weapons. President Bush praised SOF forces for their involvment in the operation. I'm sure it was a very busy day in country in the aftermath of this strike.
Got a better source, the White House Transcripts....;)
Everything I've read pointed to others tipping off the US, not the Iraqis.... doesn't matter , he's dead.:lifter
President Bush on the Death of al-Zarqawi
At The White House
Courtesy CQ Transcripts Wire
Thursday, June 8, 2006; 7:55 AM
PRESIDENT BUSH: Good morning.
Last night in Iraq, United States military forces killed the terrorist al-Zarqawi. At 6:15 Baghdad time, special operation forces, acting on tips and intelligence from Iraqis, confirmed Zarqawi's location and delivered justice to the most wanted terrorist in Iraq.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/08/AR2006060800358.html?nav=rss_politics/administration
Tangodown_inc
06-08-2006, 22:28
A report that I heard today stated that it was a Team that was detached from the Team that is hunting OBL and company. Let's just leave it at.... These guys don't F@ around and use all available assets to accomplish their mission!!:D
The Z-man has been "Poof-Sooted"!!!
As they say in The Barber Shop...............NEXT!!!!!:munchin
Later
Martin
Good point. This is just a warm up for Z-man's boss...
How's this for a T-Shirt? The blood spattered, fly covered face of Che and this picture of Zarqawi with the Caption: "We Always Get Our Man!"?
Not the same caption.....but the sentiment is the same. :D
I'd like his image on a t-shirt with a big SERVED stamped across it.
What a fanfriggentastic day to be a Soldier, I am glad that they got some of his crew as well. Who knows what kind of intel this will turn up. Yes, some one will take his place, blah blah blah... but for the moment the organization is really shaken up and you can bet this sends a great deal of shudders and stress through the organization. Who ever takes over will have to start up and build the organization, doing all the work that that entails. They must take risks, and do things they arent familiar with. This is a good thing.
Team Sergeant
06-09-2006, 08:24
This made me smile..... I hope he went knowing we got him....
Zarqawi Was Alive When GIs Arrived
U.S. general says Zarqawi was alive after bombing but died shortly after U.S. troops arrived
http://www.foxnews.com/
Two 500 pound bombs, man I would figured he would of been blown into itty bitty pieces. Hopefully his last few minutes alive were filled with pain and sufferingl!
Airbornelawyer
06-09-2006, 08:37
This made me smile..... I hope he went knowing we got him....
Zarqawi Was Alive When GIs Arrived
U.S. general says Zarqawi was alive after bombing but died shortly after U.S. troops arrived
http://www.foxnews.com/
And you know that is going to get the conspiracy theorists and bleeding hearts going.
CPTAUSRET
06-09-2006, 08:42
This made me smile..... I hope he went knowing we got him....
Zarqawi Was Alive When GIs Arrived
U.S. general says Zarqawi was alive after bombing but died shortly after U.S. troops arrived
http://www.foxnews.com/
I hope someone was able to squeeze (a bit) him for intel.
BMT (RIP)
06-09-2006, 08:58
I just hope the Hard Drive on his laptop wasn't destoryed!!! ;-)
BMT
uboat509
06-09-2006, 09:08
And you know that is going to get the conspiracy theorists and bleeding hearts going.
Some of the jackasses over at Kos are already saying that we have actually had AZ for months (along with UBL) and they brought him out now for a boost in the polls. Blah, blah, blah rightwing conspiracy, blah, blah, BushCheneyHaliburton, blah, blah...
SFC W
CPTAUSRET
06-09-2006, 09:17
I just hope the Hard Drive on his laptop wasn't destoryed!!! ;-)
BMT
Looks like it may have survived, and is providing much intel.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5875272,00.html
rubberneck
06-09-2006, 10:24
Alan Colmes, the token lib on FNC, was crying last night that we should have tried to take him alive first. I had assumed yesterday that his death was very quick and painless. When I heard today that it wasn't I smiled.
x SF med
06-09-2006, 10:58
Probably had a heart attack wondering if he would have been treated like his people would treat a captured American....
Alan Colmes, the token lib on FNC, was crying last night that we should have tried to take him alive first. I had assumed yesterday that his death was very quick and painless. When I heard today that it wasn't I smiled.
That guy needs a swift kick.
Anyone hear the commentary by Nick Berg's father? I was freaking appalled.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060608/ap_on_re_us/al_zarqawi_berg_8
Berg: No good in al-Zarqawi's death By RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press Writer
Thu Jun 8, 7:39 PM ET
DOVER, Del. - The father of Nicholas Berg, a U.S. contractor believed to have been beheaded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq, said Thursday that al-Zarqawi's killing will only perpetuate the cycle of violence in the Middle East.
"I think al-Zarqawi's death is a double tragedy," Michael Berg told The Associated Press after learning a U.S. airstrike had killed the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. "His death will incite a new wave of revenge. George Bush and al-Zarqawi are two men who believe in revenge."
Al-Zarqawi is believed to have beheaded two American civilians in 2004: Nicholas Berg, a 26-year-old businessman from West Chester, Pa., and Eugene Armstrong, a 52-year-old contractor from Hillsdale, Mich. Jack Hensley, a 48-year-old engineer from Marietta, Ga., was abducted at the same time as Armstrong and also killed.
Armstrong's family did not want to discuss al-Zarqawi.
"An evil man is dead, and what more can you say?" said family spokeswoman Cyndi Armstrong, the wife of the slain contractor's cousin.
Michael Berg, a pacifist who is running for Delaware's lone House seat on the Green Party ticket, said al-Zarqawi's death is likely to foster anti-American resentment among al-Qaida members who feel they have nothing left to lose.
Berg said the blame for most deaths in Iraq should be placed on President Bush, who he said is "more of a terrorist than Zarqawi."
"Zarqawi felt my son's breath on his hand as held the knife against his throat. Zarqawi had to look in his eyes when he did it," Berg added, pausing to collect himself. "George Bush sits there glassy-eyed in his office with pieces of paper and condemns people to death. That to me is a real terrorist."
Al-Qaida in Iraq confirmed al-Zarqawi's death and vowed to continue its "holy war," according to a statement posted on a Web site. The group has taken responsibility for numerous attacks on U.S. and Iraqi targets in the past few years.
"I think in this case justice has finally been served," said the Rev. Jerry Gladson, who had been Hensley's pastor at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Marietta.
___
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/world/middleeast/09raid.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=25d0e9ccfd9a7e6d&hp&ex=1149912000&partner=homepage
Another account of what happened.
j
Bravo1-3
06-09-2006, 14:26
When I heard today that it wasn't I smiled.
Me too. I hope he felt every second of it.
Simple Simon
06-09-2006, 14:37
Mr. Berg sounds like an idiot as was his son.
incommin
06-09-2006, 14:46
It was reported that he always wore a suicide bomb vest...... too bad there wasn't a major secondary explosion.
Sounds like he was alive enough to suffer. Must have been Allah's wish. :boohoo
I wonder what the fist US soldiers said to him as he lay there in his misery, dying slowly?
Could it have been.....
"President Bush sends his regards......Asshole." :D
WannabeSF
06-10-2006, 12:45
FWI, just came across this article (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=53720272/K=zarqawi/v=2/SID=e/l=NSR/R=3/;_ylt=A9htfMRoFItENdMAsBrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTBjcXBoZj EwBHBvcwMzBHNlYwNzcg--/SIG=12p4p3cuf/EXP=1150051816/*-http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060610/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_al_zarqawi_71) that claims there was an Iraqi witness who saw Zarqawi being pulled from an ambulance & then beaten.
CPTAUSRET
06-10-2006, 12:51
FWI, just came across this article (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=53720272/K=zarqawi/v=2/SID=e/l=NSR/R=3/;_ylt=A9htfMRoFItENdMAsBrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTBjcXBoZj EwBHBvcwMzBHNlYwNzcg--/SIG=12p4p3cuf/EXP=1150051816/*-http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060610/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_al_zarqawi_71) that claims there was an Iraqi witness who saw Zarqawi being pulled from an ambulance & then beaten.
I doubt that he was beaten by US troops!
CPR, maybe! But he was messed up so that no amount of aid would have brought him back.
Tangodown_inc
06-10-2006, 13:46
Reports say he tried to roll off the improvised stretcher... I think he knew who got him. Wish someone had a football to put in his hands as he died. Oh well, can't have everything.
NousDefionsDoc
06-11-2006, 07:07
http://www.thegreatsatan.com/archives/000611.html
Nice! They should have used one of the other pics with him all bloody and puffy...
I realize this this is one battle victory in a long war, but this video is too sweet not to post. May I present to you: The Airstrike Remix (http://hotair.com/archives/top-picks/2006/06/08/video-the-airstrike-remix/). The gun camera footage set to the Beastie Boys tune Sabotage and spliced with some before and after pics. Enjoy!
I realize this this is one battle victory in a long war, but this video is too sweet not to post. May I present to you: The Airstrike Remix (http://hotair.com/archives/top-picks/2006/06/08/video-the-airstrike-remix/). The gun camera footage set to the Beastie Boys tune Sabotage and spliced with some before and after pics. Enjoy!
Nice one;) got to see it one more....
MoonAngel
06-16-2006, 00:18
Thought I would share this link to an article:
At first I was skeptical of what kind of impact al-Zarqawi's death would have, but over the past week it seems that there has been an exponentially increasing amount of information coming in. Let's hope it keeps snow balling....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5084324.stm
"The US says coalition forces in Iraq have carried out more than 450 raids since the death last week of al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
The US said 104 insurgents were killed and 759 "anti-Iraqi elements" captured. "