Larisa Alexandrovna:The 'Real Heroes' Of Musab al-Zarqawi's Fall

[kpete]

Raw uncovers the 'real heroes' of Musab al-Zarqawi's fall

Larisa Alexandrovna
Published: Thursday June 8, 2006


The Wednesday death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may have been brought about by a mixture of his own hubris, his ebbing credibility in the al-Qaeda network and the valiant efforts of a special operations unit knows as Task Force 145, RAW STORY has learned.

Although most reports cite Jordanian intelligence as having played a large role in identifying the location of a safe House in Baqubah where Zarqawi was killed on Wednesday, US and foreign intelligence sources tell Raw that in actuality, Jordanian intelligence involvement – if any – was minimal.

According to military and intelligence sources, five of Zarqawi's men were picked up in early May by an already ongoing effort by an elite US special ops force, known by some as Gray Fox and by others as Task Force 145, which had been scouring Iraq for Zarqawi since the insurgency began.

During a raid in May of this year in the city of Yusufiyah, task force 145 not only captured the five associates of Zarqawi, they also found the now infamous April 25th tape in which Zarqawi is shown to be posing Rambo-style dressed in all black, sporting western-style white sneakers and brandishing what appears to be a Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW).

Sources say that Task Force 145 conducted a series of raids throughout the month of May and into early June, capturing operatives that would provide information, which eventually culminated in the killing of Zarqawi, 7-9 of his lieutenants and other associates in the safe house compound.

more at:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/The_real_heroes_of_Zarqawis_fall_0608.html

[Coexist]

1. Great article - knr

[im10ashus]

2. Thanks for posting, kpete!

:kick:

K&R!!

[kpete]

3. Hello im10ashus

I have seen you around...

Been meaning to say hello...

Hello

[lala_rawraw]

4. correction to paragraph:

fyi

The paragraph below:

According to sources, five of Zarqawi's men were picked up in early May as part of an already ongoing effort by an elite US special ops force, known to some as Gray Fox and by others as Task Force 145, which had been scouring Iraq for Zarqawi since the insurgency began.

Was changed to

According to sources, five of Zarqawi's men were picked up in early May as part of an already ongoing effort by an elite US special ops force, called by their older code name, Task Force 145, which had been scouring Iraq for Zarqawi since the insurgency began. In addition, another elite and much less known special highly trained unit called by also by their older code name, Gray Fox, was said to have also been involved. Grey Fox, which used to be known as Intelligence Support Activity or ISA, provides signals monitoring among its varying specialty duties sources say. The current code names for both Task Force 145 and Grey Fox are not provided in order to protect the safety of the forces on the ground.


Correction: an earlier version of this article was not clear enough that TF145 and Grey Fox are two separate groups and both code names are dated to protect the integrity of their missions.

-LA:)

[kpete]

5. thanks lala

but I am WAITING to hear about Iran...

Have we kissed and made up, or is this the last dance?

[lala_rawraw]

6. i say don't get too excited, for now the Department of State

has won the battle with the VPs office, but that does not mean they have won the war. if cheney can be kept in check, then we are good to go, if he continues to subvert State, then we are only having a moment to take a breath. you should be optimistic, but cautiously so. pretty much what i say when asked by everyone.