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| Allawi sez Zarqawi's mentally ill |
| 2004-07-20 |
| IRAQ Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi is "mentally ill," after the Jordanian fugitive, believed to be a key Al-Qaeda operative, put a $US285,000 ($390,544) bounty on his head. "Zarqawi is mentally ill. He is a pariah rejected by all nations," Mr Allawi said in Amman today, on the first leg of a tour of several Middle Eastern countries. "He does not frighten me," Mr Allawi added. "That man is neither a Muslim nor an Arab. He is a true pariah. The proof is that he hides in a black hole and tries to spread his poison against the Iraqi people." Mr Allawi was responding to journalists' questions about the reward, posted on an Islamist website in the name of the Khalid ibn al-Walid Brigade, the "military wing" of Zarqawi's Tawhid wa al-Jihad (Unification and Holy War) group. The statement offered to the Iraqi people "a reward of 200,000 Jordanian dinars ($390,544) for the one who cuts the head of Allawi." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 Borgboy sez: "The Pope is Catholic!" |
| Posted by: borgboy 2004-07-20 11:27:30 PM |
| #6 Everyone is harshing his mellow... Zarqi's just misunderstood. If he was on his meds, he'd be a swell guy. Prolly be a hoot on the bowling team. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-20 10:14:16 PM |
| #5 Allawi is not afraid to pull the trigger. Anyone that can walk the walk is allowed the talk. |
| Posted by: john 2004-07-20 9:16:25 PM |
| #4 psychotic jihadi = mentally ill in most definitions. Kill.Him. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-20 9:15:24 PM |
| #3 I wonder if it's part of a greater strategy to marginalize Zarqawi. How does "mentally ill" play in that part of the world? Will people respond to it? Or will Allawi be viewed as so much hot air. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-07-20 4:43:37 PM |
| #2 definitely "talks the talk" hope he "walks the walk" |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-07-20 4:38:02 PM |
| #1 Allawi has impressed me a bit with his recent comments. |
| Posted by: Destro 2004-07-20 4:36:28 PM |
