Abu Musab al Zarqawi --- Musab's Dad, the guy from Zarqa

[HamdenRice]

With the recent release of a tape from Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, I thought it useful to mention one extremely fish aspect of the al Zarqawi legend that I don't think anyone on DU has mentioned -- and that is how vague his very identity is.

First of all, his name, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, is quite meaningless. Many Arab men nick-name themselves after their first sons. For example, the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, is often called, Abu-Mazen; that means, Mazen's Dad.

So Abu Musab means Musab's Dad. It is not his given first name.

The next part of his name, al-Zaraqwi, just refers to the town in Jordan he is from, Zarqa. It is not his family name. It means, "the Zarqa guy".

So the name of the most wanted man in the world (remember shrub on bin Laden: "So I don't know where he is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him,"), is "Musab's Dad, the guy from Zarqa." This just doesn't seem to me to be a very convincing indentification of the most wanted man on earth.

The recent Times reporting on the new tape was pretty skeptical. They refer to him only as a "man who identifies himself as" Zarqawi, not as Zarqawi.

Or should I say as Musab's Dad, the guy from Zarqa.

[MADem]

1. This is from an administration who called Pervez Musharref

that guy, uhhhh, ummmmmm....ehhhhhh....the General.....

See, they aren't INTO details! It's all wave the hand, sorta kinda, you peons work out the details...

Only the peons working for them are cut from the same cheap, poorly made cloth!

[HamdenRice]

2. At least Musharref exists for sure ...

Its becoming increasingly unclear whether al-Zarqawi actually exists.

[MADem]

3. Oh, so long as "THE DECIDER" says he does, he does!

Who cares if the guy has a slight resemblance to a younger Carlos the Jackal, who cares that in this day and age the only photos of the guy look like they were taken with Civil War era equipment...the monkey has DECIDED that he is real, he's sprinkled his fairy dust, clicked his heels together three times, and POOF! There's yer al-Zarqawi!!!

So come on, now, COOPERATE, and BELIEVE....or else!

[HamdenRice]

4. I forgot to mention one more thing ...

In the latest video, he grew back his leg!

I guess he is also one of those shape-shifting alien lizard overlords -- but the MSM will never tell you that part!

:sarcasm:

[MADem]

5. That magic DECIDER fairy dust--it grows legs! n.t.