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| Zarqawi buried in secret in Iraq - Iraqi official |
| 2006-07-02 |
| Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq killed this month in a U.S. air strike, has been buried in a secret grave in Iraq, Iraq's national security adviser said on Sunday. "The Iraqi authorities recently buried the body of Zarqawi in a marked but secret place," Mowaffak al-Rubaie told Reuters. Zarqawi, a Jordanian, was killed on June 7. Iraqi, U.S. and Jordanian authorities have been anxious his tomb not become a place of pilgrimage. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden called on the U.S. military to release Zarqawi's body to his family in a Web site audio tape on Friday. He also said Jordan's King Abdullah should allow him to be buried in his home town. "You (King Abdullah) prevented Abu Musab from returning to his country alive," the recording said. "What scares you about Zarqawi after his death is that (his funeral) will be huge and will show the degree of sympathy Muslims have for the mujahideen." A U.S. military spokesman declined comment on the burial, saying Zarqawi's body had been turned over to the Iraqi government "and any further comment will come from them". He did not say when the handover took place. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #9 Headfirst into Saddam's spider hole and then packed in pig fat. That would make him... Lard of the Flies? |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-07-02 15:18 |
| #8 Get the NYT on this breaking story! We need to know where, who, what.... |
| Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-07-02 15:11 |
| #7 Serve his head, on a platter, at a dinner with the Saudi and Pakistani ambassadors. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-07-02 13:59 |
| #6 I'd have preferred cremating him and adding the ashes to nuclear waste. But, that's just me. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-07-02 12:03 |
| #5 "the septic tank for the US Embassy seemed appropriate" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-07-02 11:17 |
| #4 Ummm, we DID put that thermite cannister with the ten day time delay fues in his abdomen, Didn't we? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-07-02 11:10 |
| #3 How about burying bits of him in secret. Hey, we could even turn it into one of those GPS treasure trove hunts, with a twist: a predator on 24 hour watch with a Hellfire or two. Candid camera would have nothing on this; (with apologies to Running Man and Spiders (sooo-perb! and very highly recommended) "Here's Ali al-Jerkwad hot on the trail of ol' Zarks nose. He's got the co-ords ok, remember they were all printed in the NYT so he's pretty sure they're kosher - whoops Freudian slip. Well, what he doesn't know is we're all watching him here as well as Mrs O'Bannion of Sioux Falls who you'll all remember won the lottery on what ordnance would be used to dispatch our lucky contestant from this vale of tears, well she's on the line now. Hi Mrs O'Bannion, have you made your choice?" "Yes, Ray, I'd like a MOAB please" "Whoa, Mrs O'Bannion - you know the rules, we only use a MOAB when all the contestants have managed to collect Zarks bits and are about to re-assemble them in Iran" "Sorry Ray, in that case, I'd like some of those knife-missiles please" "Oh good choice Mrs O'Bannion, a cell of autonomous surgical steel bladed weapons to go. Rather fitting for someone who cuts heads off - and ol' Ali here has done plenty of that." "Here he comes now folks..." ...fade to black... |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-07-02 09:35 |
| #2 Should have dropped him over the border and told the Iranians to do it. Too much respect has been shown to him since he's a muslim. They don't get it. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-07-02 09:23 |
| #1 Bury him in pig shit. Publicly. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-07-02 09:11 |