An Italian news site reports that Iraqi forces have claimed to have either killed or seriously wounded terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi during Operation Matador. While this is not the first time such a rumor has been floated, it would come as no surprise that Coalition forces hope to capture or kill the al-Qaeda leader.Posted by Kate at May 11, 2005 11:16 AM
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Killed in Matador? from Outside The Beltway
AL-ZARQAWI SERIOUSLY INJURED, SAYS IRAQI OFFICIAL (AKI)
The Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is "serious injured, possibly dead" according to Colonel Fouad Hani Hassan, commander of the fifth division of the Iraqi armed forces, cited by ... [Read More]
Tracked on May 11, 2005 1:32 PM
interestingly the americans 1st said they blew zarqawi's leg off in northern iraq back in 2003, then said they killed him in a second bombing raid( a deytailed account -supposedly died d/t his inability to flee the bombers with a fake leg) then decided he was till alive and beheading folks. now he might be dead again.... hard to keep it all straight in me wee little head.
Posted by: jeeves at May 12, 2005 12:28 PMLooks like a bad initial translation on that information. Sadly. They were referring to an earlier incident.
Posted by: Chrees at May 12, 2005 3:03 PM