Thread: Al-Zarqawi probably died in year 2004

Al-Zarqawi probably died in February/March 2004 or earlier.

Al-Zarqawi


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4446084/

March 4, 2004

«Iraq militants claim al-Zarqawi is dead»

«Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in the Sulaimaniyah mountains of northern Iraq, during the American bombing there, according to a statement circulated in Fallujah this week and signed by the Leadership of the Allahu Akbar Mujahedeen. There was no way to verify the authenticity of the statement, one of many leaflets put out by a variety of groups taking part in the anti-U.S. resistance.»

«It said al-Zarqawi was unable to escape the bombing because of his artificial leg.»

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/me...dan/index.html
November 18, 2005
AMMAN, Jordan (CNN)

«One man, his face contorted with rage, yelled out that the Israelis and Americans were behind the attacks on the hotels, that al-Zarqawi was a religious man. He recounted how al-Zarqawi had once rescued a dog from some young men in the neighborhood who were abusing the animal. His implication was that such a man could not have committed terrorist acts.»

If Al-Zarqawi died in February/March 2004, then he was not on the beheading videos from Iraq which appeared from April/May 2004. Still CIA blaims him. That is an indication that it is CIA itself or Mossad which were behind those beheading videos.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/i...tm?POE=NEWISVA
5/13/2004

CIA: Al-Zarqawi identified as man who decapitated Berg

WASHINGTON - The masked assassin shown on a fuzzy videotape beheading American hostage Nick Berg is believed to be terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a U.S. intelligence official said Thursday.

The voices on the tapes are "a good match" and the killer is "most probably" Zarqawi, the CIA official said.

Berg, 26, disappeared April 10 after he left his hotel in Baghdad.

The 25. April 2006 a video supposed to be from Al-Zarqawi was presented. I think it is not Al-Zarqawi who is on the video. I think the video is made by CIA or Pentagon as war propaganda to inspire the US-soldiers in Iraq.










An older photo of what is supposed to be the real Al-Zarqawi:




Articles about the video:
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/me...awi/index.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...042500893.html

Back in the early 90's, I remember a segment on CNN about Hussein having seven look-alikes to distract potential assasins.
Here's a link that may bolster some people's belief that zarqawi's video's are faked. ~Inky


http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2006/...ideo-hoax.html

Al Qaeda Leader in Iraq Killed U.S. Strike North of Baghdad in Major Victory in War on Terrorism

June 8, 2006 — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al Qaeda's leader in Iraq who led a bloody insurgency of suicide bombings and kidnappings, was killed in an airstrike north of Baghdad.


"Today, al-Zarqawi has been eliminated," Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in Arabic amid cheers at news conference this morning, with U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and U.S. Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, at his side.


Al Qaeda in Iraq confirmed the death of the group's leader, according to an Islamist web site posting.

Zarqawi, the prime minister said, was killed along with seven others, including his spiritual adviser Sheik Al Rahman, Wednesday night while meeting at an isolated house 30 miles northeast of Baghdad the volatile province of Diyala, just east of the provincial capital of Baqouba. Two women were said to be involved in the attack.

A senior U.S. military official said that on Wednesday afternoon, U.S. forces tracked Zarqawi's spiritual adviser for two hours as he headed to a meeting with Zarqawi.

At 6:15 p.m. Iraqi time, the U.S. military dropped two 500-pound bombs on Zarqawi's safehouse. The bombing came at the conclusion of a three-day operation.

After the bombing, troops from 101st airborne and Iraqi police moved to the house and discovered Zarqawi. He was not killed in the initial attack, ABC News has learned, but was badly injured when he was recovered by U.S. troops. He then died from his injuries and was handed over to Iraqi officials. Zarqawi was identified by fingerprints, facial features and known scars on his body.


President Bush was first informed Wednesday afternoon of Zarqawi's apparent death. "That would be a good thing," said Bush when given the report, according to the White House. Bush also stressed there was much work ahead in Iraq.

The president was given confirmation of the terror leader's death later in the evening. He is expected to give a statement on Zarqawi's death this morning.

U.S. Forces Acted on Tip

Al-Maliki said the air strike was the result of intelligence reports provided to Iraqi security forces by residents in the area, and U.S. forces acted on the information.Jordanian officials also provided information leading to the airstrike.

"Those who disrupt the course of life, like Zarqawi, will have a tragic end," al-Maliki said.

Al-Maliki also warned those who follow the militant's lead that "whenever there is a new Zarqawi, we will kill him."

"This is a message for all those who embrace violence, killing and destruction to stop and to [retreat] before it's too late," he said. "It is an open battle with all those who incite sectarianism."

Casey said the fatal hunt for Zarqawi began in the area two weeks ago Khalilzad said Zarqawi's death was a huge victory in the worldwide war on terrorism.

"The death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a huge success for Iraq and the international war on terror, " he said.

Photos of Zarqawi's destroyed safehouse will be released later today


Near Misses

Zarqawi's death came six days after the Jordanian-born terror leader appeared in a videotape, urging Sunnis to engage in sectarian violence against Shiites in Iraq.


U.S. forces and their allies came close to capturing Zarqawi several times since his campaign began in mid-2003. His closest brush may have come in late 2004. Deputy Interior Ministry Maj. Gen. Hussein Kamal said Iraqi security forces caught Zarqawi near the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah but then released him because they didn't realize who he was.

In May 2005, online statements by his group said Zarqawi had been wounded in fighting with Americans and was being treated in a hospital abroad - raising speculation over a successor among his lieutenants. But days later, a statement said Zarqawi was fine and had returned to Iraq. There was never any independent confirmation of the reports of his wounding.

U.S. forces believe they just missed capturing Zarqawi in a Feb. 20, 2005 raid in which troops closed in on his vehicle west of Baghdad near the Euphrates River. His driver and another associate were captured and Zarqawi's computer was seized along with pistols and ammunition.

U.S. troops twice launched massive invasions of Fallujah, the stronghold used by al-Qaida in Iraq fighters and other insurgents west of Baghdad. An April 2004 offensive left the city still in insurgent hands, but the October 2004 assault wrested it from them. However, Zarqawi — if he was in the city — escaped.

Elusive Despite $25 Million Bounty

Before he appeared on video unmasked, Zarqawi was little more than a lethal shadow. In May 2004, Islamic militants released a video showing American hostage Nicholas Berg surrounded by five masked men. The one in the center, dressed completely in black, denounced the American occupation of Iraq before pulling out a large knife and cutting off Berg's head. Intelligence officials say that man was Zarqawi. Zarqawi was the biggest bogeyman of the American occupation of Iraq.

Washington put a $25 million price on his head — the same as al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the top U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, called him "the most capable terrorist in Iraq."

He was considered the deadliest insurgent in Iraq, credited with countless terrorist attacks in the Middle East and the deaths of as many as 500 people. He is also believed to have participated in the beheading of South Korean translator Kim Sun-Il. In addition, Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the car bomb attacks at the U.N.'s Baghdad headquarters in August 2003, in the Shiite holy city of Najaf that same month, and in Baghdad in June 2004.

Zarqawi was also cited as one of the reasons for the U.S. invasion of Iraq. In February 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared before the U.N. Security Council, alleging he was the link between al Qaeda and Iraq.

Mysterious Background

Despite the threat Zarqawi posed, very little was known about him. The U.S. government's "wanted" notice featured his passport photo, but listed his height and weight as "unknown."

Much of the available information about Zarqawi came from intelligence services in Jordan, where Zarqawi was born, and where he had been sentenced and jailed for a number of terrorist crimes.

Zarqawi's jihadi group, known as Attawhid Wal Jihad (Unity and Jihad), or al Tawhid, was initially established to overthrow the Jordanian monarchy. In the 1990s, he spent several years in a Jordanian prison for plotting to replace the monarchy with an Islamic state.

Later, Jordanian courts convicted him in absentia for a millennium plot to kill tourists, and for the October 2002 assassination of U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley in the Jordanian capital, Amman.

The group claimed the August 2003 bombings of the U.N. Baghdad headquarters and a main Shi'ite shrine in Najaf, as well as a suicide car bomb that killed the head of Iraq's former Governing Council, Izzedin Salim.

Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the Nov. 9, 2005, suicide bombings at hotels in Amman that killed 59 people, including guests at a Jordanian wedding at the Radisson SAS hotel.

Wounded in Afghanistan, Then Fled to Iraq

Zarqawi was born Oct. 30, 1966, to Palestinian parents in a refugee camp in Jordan. He takes his name from his hometown  a dusty mining town 17 miles north of Amman called Zarqa.

Zarqawi is a nom de guerre. His family name is al-Khalayeh, but given name is unclear; it has been cited as Ahmed or Fadel Nazzel. His parents are dead, and reporters have found few living relations.

Locals mainly remember him as a pious youth who dropped out of high school and eventually went to fight in the Afghan war against the Soviets in the 1980s. Upon his return to Jordan, he began associating with militant groups and was jailed for several years.

When he was released, he fled to Europe, eventually returning to Afghanistan and running terrorist camps there. He is said to have specialized in poisons and chemical attacks.

Intelligence sources say Zarqawi was fighting against U.S. forces in Afghanistan when they began their campaign shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, and was wounded. They believe he fled to northern Iraq, where he reportedly associated with a group of Kurdish Islamic fundamentalists called Ansar al Islam, which U.S. officials have linked to al Qaeda.

The Most Dangerous Threat in Iraq

Bin Laden appointed Zarqawi as his deputy in Iraq after the Jordanian pledged allegiance to him in October 2004, according to intelligence reports. Zarqawi changed his group's name from Tawhid wal Jihad to Al Qaeda Organisation for holy war in Iraq. The United States immediately ordered a freeze on his assets.


In January 2005, the governor of Baghdad, Ali al-Haidri, was assassinated and in April, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi escaped an assassination attempt when a suicide bomber attacked his convoy near his home. Zarqawi's group claimed responsibility for both attacks.

The attacks only escalated with the insurgency spearheading its efforts against the U.S. military but more specifically against Iraqi police forces. In February 2005, U.S. officials said they uncovered communications from bin Laden to Zarqawi.

In the communiqués, bin Laden "suggested" Zarqawi might be able to help al Qaeda by attacking inside the United States, a counterterrorism official said.

Two other sources said the information was actually delivered to Zarqawi by Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden's deputy, but that the message was clearly from bin Laden. The communications did not mention any specific targets. And, the official cautioned: "Let's face it. Zarqawi has his hands full in Iraq right now." Indeed, one of his top lieutenants had been captured the week before.

But senior officials say it was a significant discovery — and a clear message for Zarqawi to attack inside the United States.

A month later, Jordan's state security court sentenced him in absentia to 15 years in jail for a plot to attack the kingdom's embassy in Baghdad.

Meanwhile, Zarqawi stepped up his efforts to fight coalition forces in Iraq. In an audiotape allegedly from him, he called for more suicide attacks on U.S. forces and vowed not to let President Bush enjoy "peace of mind."

Hold on... I have to go get that tin foil hat again. Left it upstairs. Be right back

Got it...OK. Yes that makes a whole lot of sense. I am sure the ufos came and made clones of him and we had acatually gotten him a long time ago but now we have to get five more of them in order to actually get him.

more conspiracies? every person whose life is jeopardized has look-a-likes...

In reply to the topic:

Uh, no, he died last weekend. 2006.

Purrs,
Pookie

every person whose life is jeopardized has look-a-likes...

I remember reading awhile back that Sadaam Hussein had 7 look-a-likes... ~Inky

SO do we have the real slim shady or not?

Of course not... didn't you know that it's all fake?! That "head" is really a wax look-a-like that's getting ready to be unveiled at the Tussaud Wax Museum. I mean, come on now, Bush's numbers are low, they had to make something up to make him good. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: (there are already "news stories" to that effect, not about the wax head, lol, about it being a hoax).

http://www.washingtontimes.com/natio...1042-9038r.htm

Democrats call Zarqawi killing a stunt

By Amy Fagan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
June 8, 2006

4:09 p.m.
Some Democrats, breaking ranks from their leadership, today said the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi in Iraq was a stunt to divert attention from an unpopular and hopeless war.
"This is just to cover Bush's [rear] so he doesn't have to answer" for Iraqi civilians being killed by the U.S. military and his own sagging poll numbers, said Rep. Pete Stark, California Democrat. "Iraq is still a mess -- get out."
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Democrat, said Zarqawi was a small part of "a growing anti-American insurgency" and that it's time to get out.
"We're there for all the wrong reasons," Mr. Kucinich said.
Officially, Democratic leaders reacted positively to the news and praised the troops that successfully targeted al Qaeda's leader in Iraq with 500-pound bombs at his safe house 30 miles from Baghdad.
"This is a good day for the Iraqi people, the U.S. military and our intelligence community," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.
President Bush said that yesterday's killing of the 39-year-old Jordanian-born terrorist offers an opportunity to "turn the tide" in the war and that Tuesday he will discuss with Iraqi leaders "how to best deploy America's resources in Iraq."
A senior White House official cautioned that Mr. Bush was not hinting at possible early reductions in U.S. troops there, according to Reuters news agency.
Meanwhile, Democrats sprinkled caveats throughout their praise.
"That is good news; he was a dreadful, vicious person," said Sen. Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat. Mr. Conrad added that he hopes the military can get Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri, another top al Qaeda leader.
"They're even more important," he said.
Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Michigan Democrat, said it was good news but added, "I think we have a long way to go."
Republicans called Zarqawi's death a positive step and thanked Iraqi citizens for standing up to a threat against their nascent Democracy.
"I am more optimistic than ever that a free and stable Iraq can be achieved," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee.