26-04-2005 18:58									#1
	Almost captured Zarqawi. Increase Your PM Length

MSNBC is reporting that US Special Forces almost captured Al Qaeda's front man in the Iraqi city of Ramadi two month ago. Zarqawi escaped by jumping from a moving vehicle but his driver was captured as were a number of important intel sources such as Zarqawis personal laptop. On the laptop the US found photographs of members of the insurgency, phone numbers of people Zarqawi kept in contact with, and other valuable intel.

Its to bad they didn't catch this guy because it would have been a big psychological victory to catch Al Qaeda's #3 man and the head of their Iraq department.

quote: BAGHDAD, Iraq - American special forces were tracking Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of Al-Qaida in Iraq, near the town of Ramadi two months ago, but the Jordanian-born terrorist leader escaped by jumping out of a moving vehicle, a senior U.S. military source tells NBC News. Al-Zarqawi did, however, leave behind several key pieces of intelligence, the source said, the most important of which was his laptop computer. Photos of suspected insurgents released by the military last month were taken from the "My Pictures" folder of that laptop, the source said. It was also full of telephone numbers. Also left behind in the car was a bag with about $100,000 in euro currency. Another bag contained mini, plugin harddrives, the source said, and evidently al-Zarqawi was using these to distribute information to his network in Iraq. Iraqi officials had earlier revealed that al-Zarqawi's driver had been taken into custody near Ramadi in a Feb. 20 operation and voiced optimism that coalition forces were close to capturing him. At the Pentagon, other U.S. military officials said special forces have "come close" to capturing al-Zarqawi on several occasions over the past several months and have gathered intelligence, primarily from al-Zarqawi associates caught in the raids. But even with the setbacks he's suffered, al-Zarqawi is still able to carry out strikes like the recent sophisticated assault on the Abu Ghraib prison, and daily suicide bombings by followers.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7637153/

	26-04-2005 19:20									#2
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	26-04-2005 19:48									#4
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One of these days, our boys will catch him.

	26-04-2005 19:58									#5
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if they 're not too busy fighting in the next country your administration chooses to send them...

	26-04-2005 20:58									#6
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Even if they didn't catch him they still got valuable leads which likely were acted on over the last two months.

	26-04-2005 21:00									#7
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Too bad, but the info probably hurt their cause greatly. It hardly matters if you miss the leader, if you get all the leader's contacts.

	26-04-2005 21:17									#8
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What che said.

	26-04-2005 22:30									#9
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No doubt they used that info to kill terrorists and save the innocent from more bombings.

	27-04-2005 01:43									#10
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Which of these real life scenarios is not like the others?

Student to Ms. Teacher: I almost finished my assignment...
Ms teacher to Student: Almost doesn't count. You get an "F."

Employee to Mr. Boss: I almost made it on time for work...
Mr. Boss to Employee: Almost doesn't count. You're fired.

Driver to Police Officer: I almost drove the speedlimit...
Police Officer to Driver: Almost doesn't count. I'm giving you a ticket.

Tax Dodger to Mr. Taxman: I almost paid my taxes...
Mr. Taxman to Tax Dodger: Almost doesn't count. You can pay a fine or go to jail.

"A senior US military official Who-Never-Has-A-Name" to the USAmerican people: We almost caught the wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...
USAmerican people to "A senior US military official Who-Never-Has-A-Name": A++ good!! We'll get him next time USA USA USA!!!1!!!1!!

	27-04-2005 01:45									#11
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Sounds like a movie... jumping out of moving vehicles!

But we got some good stuff it seems!

	27-04-2005 04:35									#12
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quote: Originally posted by DRoseDARs Which of these real life scenarios is not like the others? Student to Ms. Teacher: I almost finished my assignment... Ms teacher to Student: Almost doesn't count. You get an "F." Employee to Mr. Boss: I almost made it on time for work... Mr. Boss to Employee: Almost doesn't count. You're fired. Driver to Police Officer: I almost drove the speedlimit... Police Officer to Driver: Almost doesn't count. I'm giving you a ticket. Tax Dodger to Mr. Taxman: I almost paid my taxes... Mr. Taxman to Tax Dodger: Almost doesn't count. You can pay a fine or go to jail. "A senior US military official Who-Never-Has-A-Name" to the USAmerican people: We almost caught the wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden Abu Musab al-Zarqawi... USAmerican people to "A senior US military official Who-Never-Has-A-Name": A++ good!! We'll get him next time USA USA USA!!!1!!!1!!

Try, "we almost caught AQ's 3rd-ranked man, but we *only* got a complete list of his contacts and whatever other info was on his laptop.

	27-04-2005 04:41									#13
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Yeah, they seem to have gotten a lot of laptops since 9-11 and yet terrorist attacks have tripled since then...

	27-04-2005 05:36									#14
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Zarqawi's place would be taken by someone else anyway. Unless you can desotry their support it won't mean anything

	27-04-2005 05:41									#15
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If it wasn't for Logan, he would have been captured

	27-04-2005 10:12									#16
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I personally don't like these, "we almost got him," stories, almost isn't good enough. There have probably been about 20 "almost caught" Bin Laden stories put out over the years.

We eithner need to get him or not, I think these kinda carrot stories are patronizing.

	27-04-2005 10:17									#17
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Obviously American special forces have displeased Allah.

	27-04-2005 10:19									#18
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There's an old saying I like.

"Almost only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and thermo-nuclear warheads."

	27-04-2005 10:30									#19
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I know that phrase, very well applied.


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