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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Zarqawi minion captured |
| 2005-05-08 |
| Iraqi security forces have captured an aide to Jordanian militant Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, the Al Qaeda leader in Iraq, the government said yesterday. A government statement said Iraqi forces arrested Ghassan Al Rawi, identified as the militant leader of the western town of Rawa, on April 28. It identified Rawi as a Zarqawi lieutenant in the western town who facilitated Zarqawi's movements in the region and organised the infiltration of foreigners into Iraq. It said two of his assistants were also seized. Iraqi and US officials say they are closing in on Zarqawi, whose group has claimed some of the deadliest bombings in Iraq. The Iraqi government statement said Rawi confessed to meeting Zarqawi once in January and facilitated his stay with an associate for five days. The government said Rawi had kidnapped civilians and demanded ransoms and that security forces found weapons and cars being prepared for bombings when they detained him. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 Webster: Henchman: "loyal or trusted floower or servant." Minion: person in inferior position or sycophant. So a henchman is the bad guy's rght hand man; a minion is a hanger-on, not as close, and there are usually more of them. |
| Posted by: mom 2005-05-08 11:55 |
| #6 Evil Henchman's Guide. |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-05-08 11:25 |
| #5 A minion has a clear implication of a person in an inferior position to another - subordinate to a boss - an underling. Whereas a henchman implies a more equal relationship - peers, where one defers to another by choice rather than by the nature of their position as a minion would. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-05-08 05:23 |
| #4 Neither is the #3 man in the organization. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-08 05:19 |
| #3 Art, Zarqawi minion or henchman, no diff, same kind of dirty rat. The difference is in the degree of activity. inactive=minion, active murder=henchman. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-05-08 04:43 |
| #2 A minion is a rat and a henchman is a dirty rat. |
| Posted by: Art 2005-05-08 02:07 |
| #1 ...Okay, somebody clue me in - what's the difference between a minion and a henchman? Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2005-05-08 01:57 |