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Iraq
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: notorious terrorist or American agent?
2024-04-09

[Cradle] Ranked second only to Osama bin Laden, the US's most notorious declared enemy during the so-called War on Terror was Jordanian jihadist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).

But a closer examination of Zarqawi's life and his impact on events in Iraq shows that he was likely a product and tool of US intelligence.
If I was really, really smart I'd get fiftyother former intelligence professionals together and we'd all write a leter (I could help with the spelig) to state that this is utter bull droppings.
Neoconservative strategists within the administration of George W. Bush utilized Zarqawi as a pawn to justify the illegal US invasion of Iraq in 2003 to the American public.
Wasn't the sequence first invasion then Zark?
Moreover, he was instrumental in fomenting internal discord within Iraqi resistance groups opposing the US occupation, ultimately instigating a sectarian civil war between Iraq's Sunni and Shia communities.

Skipping down a bit.

Then, in January 2004, the key pillar of the Bush administration's justification for war unraveled. David Kay, the weapons inspector tasked with finding Iraq's WMDs, publicly declared, "I don't think they exist," after nine months of searching.
See? It wasn't that hard to prove a negative, was it?
That would be the late David Kay.
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Posted by:Besoeker

#4  Fair enough, Besoeker.

I have never understood why Mr. Kay said that.
Posted by: trailing wife   2024-04-09 21:28  

#3  As always, thanks for your adds TW.

If you somehow feel this theory to be out of the question, or conspiratorial, please have a quick look at the life of former Panamanian dictator Tony Noriega.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-04-09 13:42  

#2  About the author:

William Van Wagenen
@WVanwagenen
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William Van Wagenen is a writer for the Libertarian Institute. He has written extensively on the Syrian war, with a specific focus on the role of US planners in sparking and exacerbating the conflict. William holds a master’s degree in Theological Studies from Harvard University and survived a kidnapping in the Sinjar region of Iraq in 2007.
Posted by: trailing wife   2024-04-09 13:15  

#1  "I don't think they exist," after nine months of searching.

Not exactly the same as saying..... 'they were never there.'
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-04-09 11:13  

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