Just so you all know, I see it's now being reported. It is 2:10 in the morning here at Fort Leavenworth and I look forward to quite a pleasant day.
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Just so you all know, I see it's now being reported. It is 2:10 in the morning here at Fort Leavenworth and I look forward to quite a pleasant day.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #64 Which of course is why I didn't know, Manolo. Thanks for the translation! Zenster, just reading that last bit made me gain a few pounds. Yum! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-08 23:02 |
| #63 As anyone in or ex military will tell you, AMF = Adios Mutha Phukar! Or something like that! -M |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-06-08 21:32 |
| #62 Thank you, tw, I shall. Glad to hear that someone so sweet as you does the same. It certainly must make a soldier's day to have a nice person like you show some respect and gratitude. Have a great weekend as well. Saturday morning will begin with a service of some of the world's finest coffee. In this case, a lightly roasted Gayoland Sumatra high altitude, shade grown hand picked organic fair trade Arabica with some Columbian Huila de-caf for the nervous set. Then it's the butter-fried French toast made with killer cinnamon bread and served with real maple syrup. My Saturday night dinner will involve a New York strip steak that is almost two inches thick. Camp-mates will be thrown my special homemade whup-@ss chili dogs and fine Italian sausages. Much drinking to follow along with live music and dancing all night. I'll prolly trot out the sax and flute for a midnight seranade. Please, everyone celebrate this special occasion in your own way. Three cheers for the USA! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-06-08 21:07 |
| #61 Sherry, AMZ is Abu Musad al Zarqawi. I suspect AMF does not mean "almost fucked." ;-) Have a wonderful weekend, Zenster. I've been thanking troops where I find them, too. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-08 19:00 |
| #60 He looks a bit too peaceful in his pic for my taste. But I cant complain, dead is dead. |
| Posted by: bool 2006-06-08 17:29 |
| #59 rest in pieces bitch |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-06-08 14:24 |
| #58 Alan's New Snackbar!! It's God's Will. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-06-08 13:06 |
| #57 Zarqawi was turned in by a local farm tired of the Muslim raids on his goat farm. They were looking for new wives. |
| Posted by: porKoranimals 2006-06-08 12:37 |
| #56 iz he come bak to life yet? |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2006-06-08 12:15 |
| #55 No worries Paul I've been up all night so at this point a single Miller Light would put me out big time. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2006-06-08 12:10 |
| #54 Pity they didn't get him the day before, on 6-6-06. Somehow it would have been appropriate. |
| Posted by: tipper 2006-06-08 12:02 |
| #53 I take this as an indication that he's now officially run out of senior aides. Well that, and maybe oxygen. Heartfelt thanks to our brave troops and any Iraqis who helped run this rutbag to ground. I will be celebrating all weekend on my camping trip. I have 1.75 liters of Vodka and Gin frozen into blocks of ice and a complete Martini bar plus appetizers for the evening. This will be followed by spaghetti and meatballs for 50 people plus Danish Tuborg lager and British Whitbread Pale Ale. I just may have to party until I puke for pure fully-adulterated joy. All fellow Rantburgers, where ever and whenever you spot an American soldier in uniform, please thank them personally for their contribution to your freedom. I do it every single time I humanly can (even driving around the block and pulling up to a walking individual sometimes). I cannot tell you how many looks of pleasant surprise and outright gratitude I have gotten. I always assure these fine people that there are many fellow Americans who understand the dire threat that they defend us from and just how deeply all of us appreciate the gift of freedom that they put their lives on the line for. Again, deepest and endless thanks to all of our fine troops. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-06-08 11:32 |
| #52 I take this as an indication that he's now officially run out of senior aides. |
| Posted by: Gravitch Flurt9338 2006-06-08 10:31 |
| #51 Opps -- that "lowly shouting" above is really "loud shouting".... Seeezzzz, even my fingers are grinning and smiling and shouting this morning! |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-06-08 10:18 |
| #50 Always hanging on to every word from Old Spook, but this civilian needs some translation help! I know BZ and SOCOM. but AMZ and AMF? But I know enough that these letters strung together must have cause some lowly shouting out, where ever Old Spook is! |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-06-08 10:14 |
| #49 As came across comms well before I could comment here: AMZ? AMF! BZ, SOCOM. And on top of that they filled the Cabinet positions for Min-Defense and Min-Interior. Good day in Iraq, so far. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-06-08 09:59 |
| #48 And from what I've read on Algeria ("Ye olde thingie in the mouth", or "Ye old testicles in place of the eyes"), or what happened to jewish prisoners in the 1948 war, it is very real. I was thinking in Algeria (did I say I am a Pied Noir?). I have no firm informatioon about this being in use in Middle-East (but no reason to doubt it is) but it has some sweet connotations, apart of revenge: mess with us and you will get little enjoyment of your 72 virgins. |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-06-08 09:54 |
| #47 Ululululululululul! |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2006-06-08 09:37 |
| #46 O, Happy day! Burn in hell, Bee-yatch! |
| Posted by: Dar 2006-06-08 09:24 |
| #45 It's 0515 and I just got up to the good news. And good news it is! It took time, frustration, and treasure, but we got him. A great victory for Iraq and the US. Our biggest enemy is not Zark, though. It is the MSM. They are the enemy just as much as Zark was. BTW, RexMundi, Ima payin for drinks. You don't have to pay me back. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-06-08 09:18 |
| #44 Good riddance to bad rubbish. Congrats to the American forces who carried this out, and to all who helped (apparently there were tips from local Iraqis, some involvement of Jordanian intell, etc) |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-06-08 09:09 |
| #43 "And good news for Tater, you've just moved up on The List." Well put, Em. Added a good laugh to my morning elation. I heard the news on the radio before I got out of bed this morning. What a fine day it is! |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-06-08 08:44 |
| #42 I am damned glad that foul, horribly evil animal is dead. I hope that the people we handed him over to were Shia and that they gave him a good foretaste of what he can expect in Hell before they sent him on his way there. May many more Al-Q bastards follow him quickly and Bin Laden most of all. |
| Posted by: mac 2006-06-08 08:34 |
| #41 I he was still alive I think it went something like this: CUSTOMER: Here's one -- nine pence. DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead! MORTICIAN: What? CUSTOMER: Nothing -- here's your nine pence. DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead! MORTICIAN: Here -- he says he's not dead! CUSTOMER: Yes, he is. DEAD PERSON: I'm not! MORTICIAN: He isn't. CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill. DEAD PERSON: I'm getting better! CUSTOMER: No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment. MORTICIAN: Oh, I can't take him like that -- it's against regulations. DEAD PERSON: I don't want to go in the cart! CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby. MORTICIAN: I can't take him... DEAD PERSON: I feel fine! CUSTOMER: Oh, do us a favor... MORTICIAN: I can't. CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long. MORTICIAN: Naaah, I got to go on to Robinson's -- they've lost nine today. CUSTOMER: Well, when is your next round? MORTICIAN: Thursday. DEAD PERSON: I think I'll go for a walk. CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there something you can do? DEAD PERSON: I feel happy... I feel happy. [whop] CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much. MORTICIAN: Not at all. See you on Thursday. CUSTOMER: Right. |
| Posted by: bruce 2006-06-08 08:30 |
| #40 Send his remains home to Jordan for a, um...state burial, but send the head to Riyadh. With his thingie in the mouth according to Islamic practice JFM, I once read a french article (Mena, I think) about the "arab way of war", where the jewish author mentioned the cultural habit of arab fighters to "feminize" their foes by emasculating executioned prisoners. And from what I've read on Algeria ("Ye olde thingie in the mouth", or "Ye old testicles in place of the eyes"), or what happened to jewish prisoners in the 1948 war, it is very real. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-06-08 08:09 |
| #39 It's their country Paul, and if they want to resist a foreign invader they have every right to. I wonder if the turd that wrote this is aware that Zarq's not Iraqi. Remember : self-determination and nationalism is perfectly ok ONLY for "brown people" fighting against the imperialists, regardless of actual facts (for example the idea that "national liberation struggle" is generally a front for a wholly totalitarian ideology such as national-arabism/Algeria, communism/Viet Nam, or islamism/Iraq). On the other hand, when a westerner dares to be nationalistic or to take a stance on sovereignty (for example in being worried about population substitution through settlement immigration), then, he's a bigot and should be denounced. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-06-08 08:06 |
| #38 Send his remains home to Jordan for a, um...state burial, but send the head to Riyadh. With his thingie in the mouth according to Islamic practice |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-06-08 08:04 |
| #37 Even his fleas are ululating this a.m. Send his remains home to Jordan for a, um...state burial, but send the head to Riyadh. And good news for Tater, you've just moved up on The List. :: spit :: |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-06-08 08:00 |
| #36 Deacon, It's so sad to see BDS come into its terminal stage. It wouldn't surprise me if they chewed off their noses to spite their faces. |
| Posted by: DanNY 2006-06-08 07:45 |
| #35 Morning, All. I had the dis-pleasure to listen to Nick Berg's Father on Fox this morning. Fox: Mr. Berg, how do you feel about Zarqawi's death? Berg. I'm saddened that another human life has been taken. Fox: But surely the fact that this man who is responsible for thousands and thousands of murders is cause for some relief? Berg: The lying George Bush is responsible for the hundreds of thousands of deaths in Iraq. Fox: But don't you feel a little relieved that the man who killed your son is dead? Berg: I don't know that he killed my son. Fox: It was on videotape. Berg: do you believe everything you see on television? Fox: but it was authenticated numerous times. Berg: By the lying FBI and the Lying George Bush Who lied us into this war blah, blah, blabity-blah, lying George Bush, blah blah, lying Republicans. Totally consumed by BDS. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-06-08 07:39 |
| #34 Order up!! 72 Virgins!! |
| Posted by: anonymous 2006-06-08 07:33 |
| #33 Enjoy rotting in hell douchebag! |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2006-06-08 07:24 |
| #32 Finally! Now I suggest the following menu: Tater, Been Leaden and Ahmadinutjob. |
| Posted by: zazz 2006-06-08 07:21 |
| #31 It's their country Paul, and if they want to resist a foreign invader they have every right to. I wonder if the turd that wrote this is aware that Zarq's not Iraqi. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-06-08 07:20 |
| #30 Somebody knock one back for me, ok? (At least I can still ululate....too many neighbors around for gun sex....) |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-06-08 06:40 |
| #29 Drinking and ululating to commence immediately! Drinks are on.........Alaska Paul! (sorry AP I haven't received my allowance yet) |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2006-06-08 06:31 |
| #28 Bwahahaha! Ululating has commenced! We'z comin fer ya Binny. |
| Posted by: Spot 2006-06-08 06:08 |
| #27 Whacked in Hibhib. How ignominious! LOLOLOLOLLOLOL! Iraqi RAB crossfire, maybe? LOLOLOLOLLOLOL! Zenster - Indeed, you did! WooHoo! |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-08 05:47 |
| #26 From Reuters: "Zarqawi was apparently injured at first... The Americans found him. They handed him over to the Iraqis and he later died of his injuries," ABC said. I hope the Iraqis made his last moments... unforgetable. |
| Posted by: DanNY 2006-06-08 05:35 |
| #25 Just to put into perspective some of the things said on the BBC forums *sigh* , The collective one brain-celled leftys are on it :p "A man of unimaginable evil. We should pray for his soul." "It's their country Paul, and if they want to resist a foreign invader they have every right to. The 'insurgents' didn't start any war and didn't ask for one, the bombs dropped on their heads first and murdered their families, so now they will continue the war until they have won their country back. My sympathies go to the family of Al-Zarqawi." and my personal favourite gems "nothing. I doubt if he ever actually existed in the first place!" "This is truely sad news, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a hero in the face of overwhelming aggression. I sincerly hope that his death has not been in vain and he will have inspired others through his sacrifice. " Although i may add , most of the posters are very positive ..The mind boggles ! |
| Posted by: MacNails 2006-06-08 05:34 |
| #24 Comment at Iraq the Model: Dear Omar and Mohammed Well done the Americans and the Iraqi people who gave the competent Authorities where he and his henchmen reside and operate. HibHib is a sunny area and this show how the decent and nationalsit Iraqis care about peaceful and tolerant Iraq of the future. Let those who harbour, support, finance, logistically assist and help those killers of our good Iraqi people learn theri lessons and remember, how long it might take the long arm of the Law will reach and get rid of them. As for the supporters who love to see Iraqi democracy and freedom fail or falter, keep you mouths shut, engage your pens and soundbites when you know what you are talking about. Evil will be defeated whoever is deals in it. My sincere amirations and thanks for the American Airforce pilots who had carried out this surgical strike without a great deal of collatoral damage to the area. Soldiers, we ( the silent majority of Iraqis) are all very proud of you. We thank your good US mothers for you. They should be very proud of you all. Gen Casy thank you Sir and your staff too. Kind regards Hameed Abid |
| Posted by: DanNY 2006-06-08 05:29 |
| #23 From Iraq the Model: ZARQAWI KILLED!! Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has just announced the death of terror leader Abu Musa'ab al-Zarqawi in a joint press conference with Ambassador Khalil Zad. Al-Maliki explained that Zarqawi (and 7 of his aides) was killed in an air raid in the little town of Hibhib 8 km north of Baquba after receiving tips from residents in the area. General Casey says more details on the operation will be available in a briefing at 3 pm local time. General Casey mentioned that Zarqawi's identity was confirmed through his fingerprints. CONGRATULATIONS TO IRAQ, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WHOLE WORLD ON THIS VICTORY. Posted by Omar @ 11:45 |
| Posted by: DanNY 2006-06-08 05:25 |
| #22 thanks Gromosh 5705 ! She sings indeedy!! drinks on me! |
| Posted by: RD 2006-06-08 05:18 |
| #21 Someone fire an AK47 in my behalf. BTW, that would really frighten arabs: nawcasts where huge western crowds ululate and fire M16s. |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-06-08 05:11 |
| #20 Iraq's charismatic underground leader Underground now for keeps! |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-06-08 04:57 |
| #19 Rot in Hell, Zarq. I just finished cooking off over 100 meatballs for camp dinner this weekend. Time to go home and pour a double shot of Scotch just in case this is for real. Can't hurt to start this party early. Like I said: Q: What's Zarqawi going to be for Halloween? A: Dead! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-06-08 04:41 |
#18   Moderators are asleep but I figured out how to get the pictures at least into the comments!  dang I'm good... |
| Posted by: Gromosh Elminegum5705 2006-06-08 04:36 |
| #17 I wonder when the BBC will run "Your tributes to Iraq's charismatic underground leader?" They had "Khomeni in pictures" a few days ago. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2006-06-08 04:35 |
| #16 YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES! YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES! YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES! YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES! YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES! YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES! YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES! BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR YEARS. ROT IN HELL YOU SON OF A BITCH. |
| Posted by: bgrebel 2006-06-08 04:28 |
| #15 Damn! It's too early for RB time, we'll have to wait for the long-awaited fat lady pic and for the collective gunsex! In the meantime, all we can do is ululate privately and pass candy around... it's just not the same. My heart goes to all theses wannabe-jihad boyz all around the internet who have lost their butcher-in-chief and main homoerotic fantasy : playing with themselves in front of islamic snuff-movies won't be as enjoyable now that their idol has croaked... hope he suffered. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-06-08 04:19 |
| #14 YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE GOT YOU YOU SONUVABITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is JOY in Mudville today! Rot in Hell you evil bastard! Along wih your chief Lt Rahman according to the latest news! Hopefully, the joke that the translation actually is "72 Virginians" is realistic, but regardless may this evil bastard spend his days burning in the lowest pits of the most vile hell there is. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-06-08 04:17 |
| #13 A BIG FAT KISS HAHAHAHAHA. Its time Benny |
| Posted by: Thaiper Glolurt5745 2006-06-08 04:13 |
| #12 Tempted to get on a train , and join you Howard :) |
| Posted by: MacNails 2006-06-08 04:10 |
| #11 Old Zarqawi bought the farm, EIEIO... |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-06-08 04:02 |
| #10 I expect to see a skew, at least temporarily, in favor of more Sunni deaders being discovered and fewer Shia. |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-08 03:59 |
| #9 Newsday has a brief blurb, but no details. There's supposedly going to be a briefing "later". Would be nice! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-06-08 03:58 |
| #8 When do the pubs open?? I'm getting a cab to Piccadilly at 11 - just been announced by Iraqi PM. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2006-06-08 03:58 |
| #7 When you have the top American ground commander and the Iraqi PM stand side by side and confirm this , then its a 100% certainty , sorry Joseph .. Thats how they work .. We won , he lost , but he knew that anyway .. His last video seemed to me to show tombstones in his eyes . Dead , dead , dead . bye bye kk thanks :) What will be interesting , is whether there will be a decline in suicide bombings and whether Iraqis will stop living in fear . Hopefully theres a slew of information to be gathered round his dead body |
| Posted by: MacNails 2006-06-08 03:53 |
| #6 24-48 hour rule or ululate at will? Howard UK - Please accept my abject apologies for referring to Sabrina as a "dumpling" yesterday. It was a term of endearment, I assure you. And I recommend you take a quick peek at that Good Morning thread, again, to see the last comment. Worth your trouble, I think, heh. :) |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-08 03:50 |
| #5 3AM Central Time US: Yahoo reports announcement about to be made. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060608/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_al_zarqawi |
| Posted by: Gromosh Elminegum5705 2006-06-08 03:50 |
| #4 I am skeptical of such early reports. I pray it's true though. If it is, I'm going to have a beer (it's evening here in Japan). |
| Posted by: Monsieur Moonbat 2006-06-08 03:49 |
| #3 Not to bust anyone's bubble but so was Osama after Tora Bora. We're dealing wid slick, wily, pragmatic men here - iff one accepts or believes MSM reports that the Commies-Maoists have been providing support to Radical Islamist and other terror groups both before and after 9-11, then one must also accept that Radical islam may had learned and adopted many of the tricks and deceptions used by the Commies, etal., i.e. LOOK-ALIKES, TO INCLUDE BIOLOGICAL RELATIONS. Only those whom truly know Osama, etal. can tell if he or anyone else truly is dead - IS WHY OSAMA'S "BODY/CORPUS" MUST BE FOUND AND AFFIRMED, SO MUST ZARKEY'S!? See also Tom Cruise as Agent Ithan Hunt in the MISSION IMPOSSIBLE trilogy. YES, VIRGINIA, SPIES ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHOM USE FACE MASKS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-06-08 03:46 |
| #2 bye bye butt boy aahh the fine use of aliteration to celebrate .. And maybe a very satisfying beer at lunchtime |
| Posted by: MacNails 2006-06-08 03:33 |
| #1 As predicted on the 'burg yesterday? |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2006-06-08 03:31 |