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| Zarqawi may be in Kirkuk |
| 2005-02-14 |
| Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may be hiding out in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, local police sources said on Saturday, days after the interim government said it was hot on his trail. "He came to Kirkuk from Mosul," a source in the Kirkuk police department said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "There's a possibility that he might be captured at any moment." There was no immediate comment from U.S. or Iraqi officials on the report that Zarqawi had moved to Kirkuk. Iraqi officials have claimed in the past to be close to capturing the elusive militant, who has been behind many of the deadliest attacks in Iraq over the past year, including the kidnapping and beheading of several foreign hostages. Iraq's interior minister said this month that Iraqi security forces were tracking Zarqawi and had recently come close to capturing him, missing him by only a few hours. "We are following him," Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib told Pentagon reporters from Baghdad. "I think we missed him twice or three times, but hopefully next time we will be able to capture him." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #10 Kirkuk is the wrong place for this guy - the Kurds know that area, and thats where Z's bombers are most unwelcome excpet by the Sunni bandits who were moved there by Saddam in an attempt to ethnically cleanse the area by displacing Kurds. If the Kurds do capture Zarqawi, do not expect him to arrive in Baghdad for questioning with all his fingers and toes, nor with his eyes and eardrums and genetalia intact. He will be nice and psychologically broken, saving the Iraqi central government that particular chore. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-02-14 10:14:16 AM |
| #9 Kirkuk is the wrong place for this guy - the Kurds know that area, and thats where Z's bombers are most unwelcome excpet by the Sunni bandits who were moved there by Saddam in an attempt to ethnically cleanse the area by displacing Kurds. If the Kurds do capture Zarqawi, do not expect him to arrive in Baghdad for questioning with all his fingers and toes, nor with his eyes and eardrums and genetalia intact. He will be nice and psychologically broken, saving the Iraqi central government that particular chore. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-02-14 10:14:16 AM |
| #8 Is he on is way back Iran? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-14 10:19:17 PM |
| #7 Not quite, phil_b; he's using Kirkuk as a "safe house" hoping to hide under the noses of the relatively peaceful Kurds, knowing the US won't rush into an arbitrary attack there! This could be an indication that his trail is heating up, perhaps only by a few hours ahead of the dogs sniffing him out! |
| Posted by: smn 2005-02-14 9:14:48 PM |
| #6 If he is in Kirkuk its to target the Turkomen in the hopes of involving Turkey. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-02-14 3:59:43 PM |
| #5 Oh, I hope they don't gouge both of his eyes out. I want him to see the hangman's noose before it's put over his head. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-02-14 11:57:28 AM |
| #4 --If the Kurds do capture Zarqawi, do not expect him to arrive in Baghdad for questioning with all his fingers and toes, nor with his eyes and eardrums and genetalia intact. He will be nice and psychologically broken, saving the Iraqi central government that particular chore.-- A gift to the new Iraq from the Kurdish people. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-02-14 11:37:46 AM |
| #3 told Pentagon reporters sooo...it's not like they don't want this little news nugget out there for all to see. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-02-14 11:16:31 AM |
| #2 Kirkuk is the wrong place for this guy - the Kurds know that area, and thats where Z's bombers are most unwelcome excpet by the Sunni bandits who were moved there by Saddam in an attempt to ethnically cleanse the area by displacing Kurds. If the Kurds do capture Zarqawi, do not expect him to arrive in Baghdad for questioning with all his fingers and toes, nor with his eyes and eardrums and genetalia intact. He will be nice and psychologically broken, saving the Iraqi central government that particular chore. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-02-14 10:14:16 AM |
| #1 Same story also in the UK's Observer newspaper yesterday. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2005-02-14 9:41:01 AM |