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2005-02-14 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-02-14 12:24:39 AM|| || Front Page|| [11142 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Same story also in the UK's Observer newspaper yesterday.

Posted by Howard UK 2005-02-14 9:41:01 AM|| 2005-02-14 9:41:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Kirkuk is the wrong place for this guy - the Kurds know that area, and thats where Z's bombers are most unwelcome excpet by the Sunni bandits who were moved there by Saddam in an attempt to ethnically cleanse the area by displacing Kurds.

If the Kurds do capture Zarqawi, do not expect him to arrive in Baghdad for questioning with all his fingers and toes, nor with his eyes and eardrums and genetalia intact. He will be nice and psychologically broken, saving the Iraqi central government that particular chore.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-02-14 10:14:16 AM|| 2005-02-14 10:14:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 told Pentagon reporters

sooo...it's not like they don't want this little news nugget out there for all to see.

Posted by 2b 2005-02-14 11:16:31 AM|| 2005-02-14 11:16:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 --If the Kurds do capture Zarqawi, do not expect him to arrive in Baghdad for questioning with all his fingers and toes, nor with his eyes and eardrums and genetalia intact. He will be nice and psychologically broken, saving the Iraqi central government that particular chore.--

A gift to the new Iraq from the Kurdish people.

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-02-14 11:37:46 AM|| 2005-02-14 11:37:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh, I hope they don't gouge both of his eyes out. I want him to see the hangman's noose before it's put over his head.

Posted by Tom 2005-02-14 11:57:28 AM|| 2005-02-14 11:57:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 If he is in Kirkuk its to target the Turkomen in the hopes of involving Turkey.

Posted by phil_b 2005-02-14 3:59:43 PM|| 2005-02-14 3:59:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Not quite, phil_b; he's using Kirkuk as a "safe house" hoping to hide under the noses of the relatively peaceful Kurds, knowing the US won't rush into an arbitrary attack there! This could be an indication that his trail is heating up, perhaps only by a few hours ahead of the dogs sniffing him out!

Posted by smn 2005-02-14 9:14:48 PM|| 2005-02-14 9:14:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Is he on is way back Iran?

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-14 10:19:17 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-02-14 10:19:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Kirkuk is the wrong place for this guy - the Kurds know that area, and thats where Z's bombers are most unwelcome excpet by the Sunni bandits who were moved there by Saddam in an attempt to ethnically cleanse the area by displacing Kurds.

If the Kurds do capture Zarqawi, do not expect him to arrive in Baghdad for questioning with all his fingers and toes, nor with his eyes and eardrums and genetalia intact. He will be nice and psychologically broken, saving the Iraqi central government that particular chore.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-02-14 10:14:16 AM|| 2005-02-14 10:14:16 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by OldSpook 2005-02-14 10:14:16 AM|| 2005-02-14 10:14:16 AM|| Front Page Top

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