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| Terror Networks |
| Zarqawi's the next generation of al-Qaeda |
| 2004-09-15 |
| This is one of the better primers on Zarqawi that I've seen, especially since when I was in DC Schanzer was regarded as one of the few people who actually knew what they were talking about with respect to Zarqawi. The 1,400 figure refers to the actual number of al-Tawhid members inside Iraq, not the much larger Baathist faction commanded by al-Douri or the Islamic Scholars' Front that have also allied themselves with Zarqawi. Kidnappings? Zarqawi. Church bombings? Zarqawi. Beheadings? Zarqawi. Truck bombs that slaughter Iraqi civilians by the dozen? Zarqawi. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is behind a small percentage of the bombings and terrorist attacks in Iraq. But his have been the bloodiest. This week has seen some of the worst: On Sunday, an orchestrated series of bombings and shellings rocked the U.S. headquarters in Baghdad and killed 37 across the country. On Tuesday, a crowd at a police recruiting station was ripped apart by a suicide car bomb, killing 59. All this has made Zarqawi the face of jihad in Iraq and the most-wanted terrorist after Osama bin Laden. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 USA Today must have lost their head over this guy. I know they went head over heels in putting this piece together. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-09-15 3:04:17 AM |
| #1 Nothing new, just another coward. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-09-15 2:59:10 AM |