Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in air raid

[the crispy badger]

Good riddance to this sick piece of trash...

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/World/Iraq

[Cheese]

Yep a happy day...the only problem is there are 20 million others just like him in line for the position.

and now this...

"We want to give you the joyous news of the martyrdom of the mujahed sheik Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," said the statement, signed by "Abu Abdel-Rahman al-Iraqi," identified as the deputy "emir" or leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.
"The death of our leaders is life for us. It will only increase our persistence in continuing holy war so that the word of God will be supreme," it said.

Momma dont let your babies grow up to be Islamics!

[Lanny_MacDonald]

Great news, but sadly the occupation of Iraq has bred a new generation of al-Zarqawis, from countries around the world including Canada. This cockroach may hve been killed, but the SOB laid a lot of eggs that are about to hatch and infest the region for a long time.

[Azure]

Amazing how fast some people come out and claim to be leaders.

Good riddance to this nutcase.

[White Doors]

This is nothing but good news.

[Lanny_MacDonald]

Originally Posted by Azure

Amazing how fast some people come out and claim to be leaders.

Good riddance to this nutcase.

And this is one of the reasons why its not that great a thing in the long run. al-Zarqawi's death will be a unifying factor within the terrorist cells and actually increase their recruiting efforts. His death is a good thing for the short term, a terrible thing for the long term. It would have been much better to capture him and try him in court.

In the overall Iraqi picture, this means very little. The majority of the unrest in Iraq is not conducted by al Qaeda, its conducted by the militias of the individual Islamic sects. al-Zarqawi's death will not change the approach of the Baathist's or the Mahdi. The setback will affect a very small portion of the Iraqi insurgent, and for a very short time. Still way too soon for another photo-op in a flight suit IMO.

[FlamesAddiction]

Yep, there are a 100 other guys who all want his job now, and they are all going to try and make a name for themselves. It probably doesn't serve any greater good.

[Lanny_MacDonald]

The more the U.S. and the media talks about this, and celebrates his death, the more it encourages the disenfranchised to emulate him and garner some fame before they are martyred as well. They should just announce his death and move along, treating him like he was a dog run over in the street.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald

The more the U.S. and the media talks about this, and celebrates his death, the more it encourages the disenfranchised to emulate him and garner some fame before they are martyred as well. They should just announce his death and move along, treating him like he was a dog run over in the street.

good luck. this is one of the very few pieces of good news for the iraq war in the last few months.....Bush is going to milk this as much as he can in effort to get more support back from U.S citizens.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald

The more the U.S. and the media talks about this, and celebrates his death, the more it encourages the disenfranchised to emulate him and garner some fame before they are martyred as well. They should just announce his death and move along, treating him like he was a dog run over in the street.

Good point. But what can you do? Some people won't see it your way.

[North East Goon]

And the gold price is off $10.00 because of this killing. Better leave Bin-Laden alone to protect our investments. Kidding of course.

[mykalberta]

Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald

And this is one of the reasons why its not that great a thing in the long run. al-Zarqawi's death will be a unifying factor within the terrorist cells and actually increase their recruiting efforts. His death is a good thing for the short term, a terrible thing for the long term. It would have been much better to capture him and try him in court.

In the overall Iraqi picture, this means very little. The majority of the unrest in Iraq is not conducted by al Qaeda, its conducted by the militias of the individual Islamic sects. al-Zarqawi's death will not change the approach of the Baathist's or the Mahdi. The setback will affect a very small portion of the Iraqi insurgent, and for a very short time. Still way too soon for another photo-op in a flight suit IMO.

If its not that, it will be something else like how we butter our bread or eat cereal. Nut cases dont need a reason to hate, they just do.

Thank goodness and its about damn times.

MYK

[bluejays]

Originally Posted by the crispy badger

Good riddance to this sick piece of trash...

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/World/Iraq

What's amazing is that Nick Berg (the guy who they decapitated), dad, said he didn't like that he was killed. I must say, Nick Berg's dad is a better man than I.

[Footscray]

I can't believe there are pictures of this guys corpse all over the net and newswires, obviously an enemy of the state but pretty disturbing.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by fleury

What's amazing is that Nick Berg (the guy who they decapitated), dad, said he didn't like that he was killed. I must say, Nick Berg's dad is a better man than I.

Better than me too. I wouldn't be celebrating, but I definitely think that if anyone deserved to die, it was Zarqawi. Of course, he's by no means unique in that respect, but on one level it can't help but be a good thing to get rid of this guy--from the sounds of it, he's much worse than a mere ideologue--he's a sadistic thug who got his start as a leader in jail and then in Afghanistan.

Ironically, he apparently had no connection to Al-Qaeda until AFTER the US invaded Iraq--even though Colin Powell claimed that he was bin Laden's lieutenant as part of the run-up to the war. Until that moment, he was basically a small-timer, according to Mary-Anne Weaver of The Atlantic Monthly:

Then, on February 5, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell catapulted him onto the world stage. In his address to the United Nations making the case for war in Iraq, Powell identified al-Zarqawi—mistakenly, as it turned out—as the crucial link between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein’s regime. Subsequently, al-Zarqawi became a leading figure in the insurgency in Iraq—and in November of last year, he also brought his jihadist revolution back home, as the architect of three lethal hotel bombings in Amman.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200607/zarqawi

Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy. The article's quite interesting, actually--sounds like this guy was quite a piece of work.

[Neeper]

Even though some of you say there are more ready in line for leadership, it doesn't change the fact this evil human being didn't deserve to live. I can't believe how evil a person can be.

[Hack&Lube]

I was tricked into a link of a video of this scum beheading Berg and Armstrong once. That was scarring and filled me with uncontrollable anger for awhile.

[White Doors]

Wow, I can't imagine what that video was like. I can still remember the news reports and even then they cut away in time.
very disturbing.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by White Doors

Wow, I can't imagine what that video was like. I can still remember the news reports and even then they cut away in time.
very disturbing.

I'm not ashamed to admit that I couldn't even watch that much. I literally had to look away from the television. It was sickening. This guy was a mean, evil sadistic piece of trash, and it should come as no surprise to anyone that he began his career as a common thug, and only found "religion" later, presumably as an avenue to power.

[Neeper]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

I was tricked into a link of a video of this scum beheading Berg and Armstrong once. That was scarring and filled me with uncontrollable anger for awhile.

Same here! I was tricked as well and saw the beheading of Berg as well. It scarred me for almost a month. I was so shook up for the whole day. It affected me so bad, I had nightmares for a while. I even had a dream of my own death/execution, because of it.