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| Toe tag for Zarqawi’s bombmaker in Fallujah | |
| 2004-02-23 | |
| Unfortunately, we don’t get a name, but this could be Abdul Rahman Yassin, the only member of the 1993 WTC cell still free who was living in Iraq under a pension for Saddam before the war and has reportedly come out of retirement to fight the US in the immediate aftermath. The top bomb-maker for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed in Fallujah, Fox News learned Monday. The bomb-making lieutenant, whose name wasn’t released, died in a gun battle at a terrorist safe house late last week, military sources told Fox. The military officer’s death is significant because Al-Zarqawi is the man believed to have masterminded a number of recent attacks against the coalition in Iraq.
The passport could possibly be an intel goldmine if it’s the same one he used to get into Iraq in 2002 under Saddam Hussein. Zarqawi has been wanted in Jordan ever since the Millennium Plot and that’s his name (the real one or his more familiar nom de guerre) on the passport it means that somebody in Sammy’s regime knew damned well who he was but didn’t have any problems about him entering the country - and from Iran, of places. In another weekend raid — this one initiated by American troops over the weekend in Baghdad — a detailed map of U.S. headquarters turned up in the Iraqi capital. The sources said a terrorist cell is believed to have been using the map of Camp Victory to plan an attack there. Sources told Fox they suspect an Iraqi contractor is helping terrorists, and they’ve launched a full investigation into who the culprit might be. We knew the insurgents had moles, it should be interesting to see what was being planned. Meanwhile, defense officials say that a copy of a letter believed to have been penned by Zarqawi has turned up in Saudi Arabia. The copy was discovered with Saudi financiers whom Defense officials believe were being solicited to fund terrorist operations inside Iraq. Really? Now ain’t that a coincidence to have this show up in the Magic Kingdom as well. No doubt al-Hawali and Co received a firm talking to by Prince Nayef about being more careful when they open their mail. The letter is significant because of its message to the terrorist network’s command structure in the mountains along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan calling for help in Iraq. Defense officials told Fox they are convinced that there is a communications link — a sharing of tactics — among Al Qaeda-tied groups in Iraq and Afghanistan. In another find that could prove the Afghanistan-Iraq connection, three Afghans were arrested over the weekend as they entered Iraq from Turkey carrying tens of thousands in U.S. dollars and large quantities of Iranian currency, military sources told Fox. Looks like al-Qaeda is sending Zarqawi cash, even though they’ve told him not to target Shi’ites. The part about Iranian currency is interesting, it sounds like al-Qaeda either got a hand-out at the recent terrorfest in Tehran or they’ve transferred all the gold that was smuggled out of Afghanistan into hard currency for the purposes of moving it. Wonder which banks the money came from? American soldiers have recovered millions of U.S. dollars in recent weeks inside Iraq — crisp, new bills that officials believe came directly from an unidentified bank. | |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 Would this be a known unknown, or an unknown unknown? |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-2-23 5:25:23 PM |
| #5 Also interesting that TF 121 comes up just as word is out that TF 121's work in Iraq is done, and its heading for Afghan. "Some things you'll see, and some things you wont see." I think what we've got here is something that isnt quite what it seems on the surface. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2004-2-23 5:03:53 PM |
| #4 The big question is why was TF121 readily available to cover down on a bunch of CA guys?. The local QRF should have handled that gun fight so I think maybe there was a fishing trip in the works when the dummies took the bait. |
| Posted by: TopMac 2004-2-23 4:18:30 PM |
| #3 "Civil affairs soldiers were passing out election pamphlets in Fallujah, just west of Baghdad, when someone began shooting from a nearby house, sources told Fox." Wow! I remember how annoying canvassing neighborhoods with campaign literature was, but this takes the prize! Oh, and if it is Yassin, then Bush should trumpet it as "we caught the man who escaped from the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, a man Saddam Hussein sheltered for a decade". |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-2-23 4:14:11 PM |
| #2 ...or he thought it was those d*mn Witnesses again... |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H 2004-2-23 3:30:39 PM |
| #1 "Civil affairs soldiers were passing out election pamphlets in Fallujah, just west of Baghdad, when someone began shooting from a nearby house, sources told Fox." Didn't get the memo on "not being seen", I guess... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-2-23 3:29:36 PM |