SpadgePosted: 9 Jun 2006, 9:01am The Mighty Port Magpies!!
US air strike kills ZarqawiSource: News.com.au 9th June 2006QUOTE
US warplanes killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq blamed for bombings, beheadings and assassinations, in a strike which US President George W. Bush said today had delivered justice.
In one of the most significant developments in Iraq since the capture of Saddam Husseinin 2003, Jordanian-born Zarqawi was killed yesterday in a joint US-Iraqi operation helped by tip-offs from Iraqis and Jordanian intelligence.
Vowing to fight on, al-Qaeda in Iraq confirmed the death of Zarqawi, who beheaded several hostages himself and appeared in a recent video firing a machine-gun in the desert.
US forces displayed pictures to reporters of the corpse of the bearded Zarqawi with facial abrasions and his eyes closed. The airstrike by two F-16 planes with two 227 kg bombs hit Zarqawi's "safe house".
Zarqawi, in his late 30s and whom Osama bin Laden called the prince of al-Qaeda in Iraq, had symbolised the radical Islamist insurgency against US occupation.
US special forces were involved in the trailing of Sheikh Abdul-Rahman, Zarqawi's spiritual adviser, that helped uncover Zarqawi's presence in a small house in a palm grove. Abdul-Rahman was also killed in the strike.
Read more here dbbPosted: 9 Jun 2006, 9:10am The sky is falling
It won't make much difference to the violence.
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was pretty much an American propoganda creation anyway. No car bomb would go off, and no ambush could occur that wasn't claimed in his name or attributed to him by the Bush regime.
He was a terrorist, no doubt about that, but his mythic status is just a Bush/media creation. He was the Bush "link" between Hussein's Iraq and Al-Qaeda.
I wonder who they will blame for the violence now? They couldn't possibly admit that the Iraqi population in general want the US out ...
SpadgePosted: 9 Jun 2006, 9:14am The Mighty Port Magpies!!
thats the thing innit
the US always like to have a scapegoat and one thing you learn is to never believe a fucking word Bush says
Who knows... he may have masterminded a shitload of attacks and the death may be justified... but it just as easily could be a load of US bollox
Either way your right it wont really matter squat
When one goes down another will always step up to the plate to take his spot
If the US / Australia think this will make a difference to terrorism then they have no idea whatsoever
I think its more along the lines of the US / Australia claiming this as a big victory and then try and convince us it will help stop terrorism as a soothing affect on the public and to boost their own popularity
wojtekPosted: 9 Jun 2006, 9:24am Can I touch your hram?
Mediawatch had a sensational story a few weeks back.
A Muslim youth living in Norway (9?) created a video of the game battlefield 2, he used the audio from Team America when they try to infiltrate the terrorists (The infidels came to my village in their black hawks... ).
An advisory body to the Pentagon got hold of the footage and turned it into a story on how al-Qaeda is using game programmers to recruit muslim youths to fight against the coaltion forces by targeting an emotional response.
When it was shown to be just a recording by some kid they came back with a line on how al-Qaeda has no respect for Intellectual property rights and was using it as a recruitment film.
The young kid made a short statement but it was sensational
"If they label me al-Qaeda just for making this silly video, that makes you think, what is this al-Qaeda? And is everything al-Qaeda? Or has this name become synonymous to the "communist" labeling a few decades ago..."
As for Zarqawi, I guess any small 'vicotry' for the US will be beat up to kingdom come as they're struggling in Iraq, they are losing a lot of their own soldiers, there's over 30 civillians dying every day, the US needs to show how such an alarming loss of life is worth the end result.
SpadgePosted: 9 Jun 2006, 9:56am The Mighty Port Magpies!!
QUOTE(wojtek @ Jun 9 2006, 09:24 AM)
As for Zarqawi, I guess any small 'vicotry' for the US will be beat up to kingdom come as they're struggling in Iraq, they are losing a lot of their own soldiers, there's over 30 civillians dying every day, the US needs to show how such an alarming loss of life is worth the end result.
i agree with this
every day we are hearing about soldiers and civillians being toasted. Bushs popularity is at an all time low. Alot of people want troops out of the middle east.... what better way to gain a bit more support than to knock off a big name like zarqawi
like i said before killing him while being good wont make a difference.... someone else will step up and take over and the circle of life and death continues
WHERE'S THE CHEESE AT!?!?
he has some excellent points... i think the damage has already been done in the middle east, and if we were to bring u.s troops back, things would turn to chaos because there isn't anyone there keeping what little order there was...
its kind of a catch 22 now...
MaydayPosted: 10 Jun 2006, 5:02pm No Guus, no glory!
Before it was Saddam, then Uday and Qusay, then it was al-Zarqawi.
Who will be next?
Its the whole sub-plot in the current chapter of the tyranny, fascism, communism now terrorism story.
WHERE'S THE CHEESE AT!?!?
QUOTE(Noddy @ Jun 10 2006, 05:52 PM)
OMG! Pavarotti is dead?
Say it aint so.....
:baaa: that put a smirk on my face lol...
i wonder what the world would be like if the u.s.a suddenly fell into a depression...
i reckon china or england would jump at the opportunity to be supreme ruler of the earth :tongue:
This post has been edited by -strobe-: Jun 10 2006, 05:24 PM Yoda's Love Child
were sorta doing / did that in international politics... depression or not, the US apparently has enough firepower to take on the rest of the world. China wouldnt take over
WHERE'S THE CHEESE AT!?!?
wait.. i know what would happen... japan would start invading with their giant tranformer mechs...
BrettyHPosted: 17 Jun 2006, 11:35pm Up in the air! It's a...Ford Focus?
QUOTE(Nic Borrelli @ Jun 10 2006, 05:26 PM)
were sorta doing / did that in international politics... depression or not, the US apparently has enough firepower to take on the rest of the world. China wouldnt take over
Yup - combined US military expenditure is equivalent to the next 9 (or so) highest spending nations on Earth combined. The earliest that the US will be overtaken militarily is by China around 2050...so they have a few years of pre-eminence left in 'em yet unfortunately.
Although, I would prefer the US rather than China to be in its current position of global superpower that's for sure...but, it's a case of damned if we do, damned if don't!
Until he works out how to control the beast within... dumdumdum
QUOTE(-strobe- @ Jun 11 2006, 12:25 PM)
wait.. i know what would happen... japan would start invading with their giant tranformer mechs...
Nope, the Japanese Army would team up with the Chinese and they would all ride in as a cavalry riding Segways!
We would all die horrible deaths :grr: :cry:
