Special Forces Nabs 286th Key Zarqawi Aide

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Love the puppet.

(Reuters) July 20, 2005 - American Special Operations forces, in an audacious operation near Mosul, have captured another key lieutenant of Iraq’s al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, General John Abazaid said on Wednesday.

The Central Command (Centcom) commander, speaking in a commanding voice, told “Wolf Blitzer Live” that Delta Force commandos have captured Zarqawi biological weapons commandant Haafez Abu Ali, in a daring daylight raid against his vast underground biological weapons laboratory.

“This was Zarqawi’s main leader in Mosul” said Abazaid, “after we captured his 47 other main leaders in Mosul. We are working our way through his chain of command.” This capture “will really hurt the operation of Zarqawi’s pretty significantly,” he said. “We got those hajji bastards on the run now, and I think this one will defintely turn the tide.”

A defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, added, “When you look at all the pictures of the Zarqawi network lieutenants that we’ve been telling you exist, he’s the second-in-command of the Mosul element and has the reputation of being the ‘oral-fecal emir’ of Mosul for Zarqawi.”


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[Botany]

1. Great we won ....

..... now let us get the hell out of Dodge!

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Do these guys have to rent convention halls to hold secret meetings?

Just wondering.

[despairing optimist]

3. The noose is obviously tightening . . .

It went on a bit loose to begin with. Hope everyone understands. Drive safely, now.

[Career Prole]

4. Dude's got more keys than Captain Kangaroo. n/t

[hvn_nbr_2]

5. 327th level circle around Zarqawi is now in its last throes. n/t

[LibertyorDeath]

6. I had no idea that Goff was such a good satirist

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7. I am not sure that Stan actually wrote this, although he might have.

It does not seem like his writing style, but then being satire it might not, and he is a rather direct man from what I've seen.