Who is Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi?

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http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO405B.html

<snip>Al Zarqawi is often described as an "Osama associate", the bogyman, allegedly responsible for numerous terrorist attacks in several countries. In other reports, often emanating from the same sources, it is stated that he has no links to Al Qaeda and operates quite independently. He is often presented as an individual who is challenging the leadership of bin Laden.

His name crops up on numerous occasions in press reports and official statements. Since early 2004, he is in the news almost on a daily basis.

Osama belongs to the powerful bin Laden family, which historically had business ties to the Bushes and prominent members of the Texas oil establishment. Bin Laden was recruited by the CIA during the Soviet-Afghan war and fought as a Mujahideen. In other words, there is a longstanding documented history of bin Laden-CIA and bin Laden-Bush family links, which are an obvious source of embarrassment to the US government.

In contrast to bin Laden, Al-Zarqawi has no family history. He comes from an impoverished Palestinian family in Jordan. His parents are dead. He emerges out of the blue. snip

The CIA, with its $30 billion plus budget, pleads ignorance: they say they know nothing about him, they have a photograph, but, according to the Weekly Standard (24 May 2004), they apparently do not know his weight or height.

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[AlCzervik]

1. The boogeyman? A "Hey look over there"

[TolstoyAndy]

6. Goldstein n/t

[radwriter0555]

2. He's worm food. He's been dead for at least 2 years now.

But he sure makes good fodder for fear mongering!

[K-W]

3. Whoever he is, he is a distraction.

All a part of US mythology where events in the world are the result of storybook style villians and not complex economic and sociologic circumstances.

[susu369]

4. I trust Riverbend's assessment

"Zarqawi is so much better than WMD. He's small, compact and mobile. He can travel from Falloojeh to Baghdad to Najaf to Mosul… whichever province or city really needs to be oppressed. Also, conveniently, he looks like the typical Iraqi male- dark hair, dark eyes, olive skin, medium build. I wonder how long it will take the average American to figure out that he's about as substantial as our previously alleged WMD."

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com

[neweurope]

5. So do I. He is a phantom of US making.

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