He Was A Friend, And Should Have Been An Enemy
That is how the old adage goes, yes? "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." According to ABC News, al-Zarqawi should have kept some just a little closer to him:
An Iraqi customs agent secretly working with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror cell spilled the beans on the group after he was arrested, Jordanian officials tell ABC News.
Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly was arrested by Jordanian intelligence forces last spring.
Officials say Karbouly confessed to his role in the terror cell and provided crucial information on the names of Zarqawi commanders and locations of their safe houses.Karbouly also admitted to his role in the kidnappings of two Moroccan embassy employees, four Iraqi National Guards and an Iraqi finance ministry official.
In a videotaped confession, Karbouly said he acted on direct orders from Zarqawi.
Officials say he will not be eligible for any of the $25 million reward money.
As Brian Ross reported this morning, the super-secret Task Force 145 does deserve the recognition for Wednesday's capture.
By the time two American jet fighters were called in to drop their 500 pound bombs, General George Casey was certain Zarqawi was in the house, and there was no thought of trying to capture him alive.
"Because the only means that could be applied in a timely fashion was the attack by air power and that was decided by General Casey as the right thing to do," U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad told ABC News.
The FBI on-line reward poster, offering a $25 million dollar bounty, today lists Zarqawi as deceased.
While Zarqawi's al Qaeda group has been decimated, it is only one of 14 major insurgent groups operating in Iraq.
"Different groups that operate independently and are not controlled by al Zarqawi, they don't need him, and they will continue their attacks in the long term," said Sajjan Gohel, an International Security Expert at the Asia-Pacific Foundation.
Authorities this morning are bracing for retaliatory attacks, and all vehicular traffic is banned in Baghdad and Baqubah, near the place where Zarqawi was finally tracked down.
Al-Zarqawi's mistake in all of this was trusting his comrades just a little too much. Trust is something that is earned, and should not easily be given away especially when there is $25 million involved. It is a lot of money, and some people prize money above all things. The man who tipped off our forces to where Saddam was hiding decided the money was a worthy incentive for ridding Iraq of its former dictator.
I am not surprised that Jordanian intelligence operatives were able to flip this man. They use tactics just a little bit tougher than rice pilaf, baked chicken, and free Korans. And, of course, I am sure they raise their voices. Idiots like John McCain in the Senate allowed his experiences as a POW to color his judgment when he brought up his torture bill. And I applaud the president for stating that he will do what he has to do and order what he has to order to break these people, and yet still hold true to the law. John McCain, at that time, clearly showed that he does not understand what sort of an enemy we are dealing with.
These are sadistic Communists who take pleasure in hurting prisoners like Stalin did, forcing them into gulags or forcing women to have abortions like Kim Jong-Il does. These people are literally brainwashed from birth to believe that Allah is the top dog, and Muhammed was his voice. They abide by the violent tenets of the faith they have been raised in because the countries they were raised in believe in that dogma. They must be broken, and if that means we have to pile a couple naked men on top of them, then that should be the least of their worries. Abu Ghraib broke as a story, and the panty-waist brigade went into shrill overdrive.
Itr does not matter what people have to say about this war. It is a new kind of war, and we are making advances almost everyday in it; both in terms of successes and in terms of technological advances. We have to do this so we can stay ahead of our enemies. By flipping this guy, we stayed ten steps ahead of al-Zarqawi, and thanks to him, we eliminated one of our primary thorns in Iraq. Now, we move onto the next schmuck in line.
Marcie
That is how the old adage goes, yes? "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." According to ABC News, al-Zarqawi should have kept some just a little closer to him:
An Iraqi customs agent secretly working with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror cell spilled the beans on the group after he was arrested, Jordanian officials tell ABC News.
Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly was arrested by Jordanian intelligence forces last spring.
Officials say Karbouly confessed to his role in the terror cell and provided crucial information on the names of Zarqawi commanders and locations of their safe houses.Karbouly also admitted to his role in the kidnappings of two Moroccan embassy employees, four Iraqi National Guards and an Iraqi finance ministry official.
In a videotaped confession, Karbouly said he acted on direct orders from Zarqawi.
Officials say he will not be eligible for any of the $25 million reward money.
As Brian Ross reported this morning, the super-secret Task Force 145 does deserve the recognition for Wednesday's capture.
By the time two American jet fighters were called in to drop their 500 pound bombs, General George Casey was certain Zarqawi was in the house, and there was no thought of trying to capture him alive.
"Because the only means that could be applied in a timely fashion was the attack by air power and that was decided by General Casey as the right thing to do," U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad told ABC News.
The FBI on-line reward poster, offering a $25 million dollar bounty, today lists Zarqawi as deceased.
While Zarqawi's al Qaeda group has been decimated, it is only one of 14 major insurgent groups operating in Iraq.
"Different groups that operate independently and are not controlled by al Zarqawi, they don't need him, and they will continue their attacks in the long term," said Sajjan Gohel, an International Security Expert at the Asia-Pacific Foundation.
Authorities this morning are bracing for retaliatory attacks, and all vehicular traffic is banned in Baghdad and Baqubah, near the place where Zarqawi was finally tracked down.
Al-Zarqawi's mistake in all of this was trusting his comrades just a little too much. Trust is something that is earned, and should not easily be given away especially when there is $25 million involved. It is a lot of money, and some people prize money above all things. The man who tipped off our forces to where Saddam was hiding decided the money was a worthy incentive for ridding Iraq of its former dictator.
I am not surprised that Jordanian intelligence operatives were able to flip this man. They use tactics just a little bit tougher than rice pilaf, baked chicken, and free Korans. And, of course, I am sure they raise their voices. Idiots like John McCain in the Senate allowed his experiences as a POW to color his judgment when he brought up his torture bill. And I applaud the president for stating that he will do what he has to do and order what he has to order to break these people, and yet still hold true to the law. John McCain, at that time, clearly showed that he does not understand what sort of an enemy we are dealing with.
These are sadistic Communists who take pleasure in hurting prisoners like Stalin did, forcing them into gulags or forcing women to have abortions like Kim Jong-Il does. These people are literally brainwashed from birth to believe that Allah is the top dog, and Muhammed was his voice. They abide by the violent tenets of the faith they have been raised in because the countries they were raised in believe in that dogma. They must be broken, and if that means we have to pile a couple naked men on top of them, then that should be the least of their worries. Abu Ghraib broke as a story, and the panty-waist brigade went into shrill overdrive.
Itr does not matter what people have to say about this war. It is a new kind of war, and we are making advances almost everyday in it; both in terms of successes and in terms of technological advances. We have to do this so we can stay ahead of our enemies. By flipping this guy, we stayed ten steps ahead of al-Zarqawi, and thanks to him, we eliminated one of our primary thorns in Iraq. Now, we move onto the next schmuck in line.
Marcie
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