An aide to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian terrorist leader in Iraq with a $25 million U.S. reward on his head, was killed today in a U.S. air strike in the city of Fallujah, the U.S. military said.
"A precision strike in northwest Fallujah, conducted at 3 a.m., has taken another toll on the Zarqawi network," the military said in an e-mailed statement. "Multiple sources reported that a known associate of the Zarqawi network was present at the time of the strike." The military didn't identify the Zarqawi aide.
Bloomberg article"A precision strike in northwest Fallujah, conducted at 3 a.m., has taken another toll on the Zarqawi network," the military said in an e-mailed statement. "Multiple sources reported that a known associate of the Zarqawi network was present at the time of the strike." The military didn't identify the Zarqawi aide.
We don't ever have to relinquish Zarqawi as our bogeyman. As long as we have him, we can kill his "aides" and get about the same mileage.
Separately, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said carelessness by some in the U.S.-led military coalition was to blame for the killing on Oct. 23 of 52 Iraqi army recruits and their drivers, Agence France-Presse reported without giving details.
Hmmmmm....didn't see that reported by American news. Damned French press.
Update 3:15pm:
The good thing about blogging is somebody will sometimes do your work for you. Bob sends the following:
It's the lead story on MSNBC: link
The NY Times has it: link
CNN mentions it in a story, but not in the headlines: link
Washington Post, too, with headline: link
Even Fox News has it: link
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