Zarqawi’s Cell Phone Had Iraqi Officials’ Numbers
Some surprising information appeared on Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s cell phone:
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had the phone numbers of senior Iraqi officials stored in his cell phone, according to an Iraqi legislator. Waiel Abdul-Latif, a member of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s party, said Monday that authorities found the numbers after al-Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, was killed in a U.S. air strike on June 7. Abdul-Latif did not give names of the officials. But he said they included ministry employees and members of parliament. He called for an investigation, saying Iraqis “cannot have one hand with the government and another with the terrorists.”
No joke. I suppose it’s conceivable that he had their numbers for some other reason than that he was collaborating with them; those innocent explanations elude me at the moment, however.
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by a relative who got caught waging jihad, was released at the deputy PM’s request, and then added to his security detail. Iraqi bigwigs have always had ties to terrorists: phone numbers of various officials were allegedly found stored on Zarqawi’s cell phone; Jill Carroll may well have been set up by someone connected to Adnan al-Dulaimi; al-Zawraa, the jihadi TV channel, is operated by Mishan al-Jabouri; and according to the AP article itself, two members of parliamentary speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani
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A shocking revelation if it turns out to be true: “Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had the phone numbers of senior Iraqi officials stored in his cell phone, according to an Iraqi legislator.†Email Article Print
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shouldn’t be too surprising though that Zarqawi’s network had some traitors in the Iraqi government working for them. They need to be found and dealt with if al-Maliki wants any real chance of credibility along with defeating the terrorists. Hat tip: Outside the Beltway
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Potential bridge partners?
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Give ‘Em A Call?…
In the meanwhile al-Zarqawi’s (presumed) wife told an Italian newspaper that al-Zarqawi was ‘sold to the United States’ by Al Qaeda leaders because, according to her, he became “too powerful”.
CNN also reports that according to her – in exchange…
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[...] The final throes of us vs them vs us continue to intrigue. Yeah, what he said: “No joke. I suppose it’s conceivable that he had their numbers for some other reason than that he was collaborating with them; those innocent explanations elude me at the moment, however.” Remember we are fighting “them,” whoever they are. [...]
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Come on James. He was obviously undermining the morale of the Iraqi government by making prank phone calls. Don’t you realize there is nothing so low that AQ won’t stoop to it? Just think of the frustration and hours of lost productivity as they start to run down the street to catch their running refrigerator.
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I just had this crazy vision of Zarqawi in a dark robe wearing a “Scary Movie” mask:
“I can see you…”
The vision is so funny that all rational thought has currently fled my mind. I’ll get back to you all later.
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From blogger Ron Franscell at http://underthenews.blogspot.com
So abu Musab al Zarqawi’s cell phone contained the telephone numbers of high-ranking Iraq government officials. What was he calling them about … bad trash pickup and late delivery of his newspaper?
So, our own government is monitoring OUR phone calls, but the top terrorist scumbag in Iraq apparently can call bureaucrats and politicians — and maybe order pizza and beer — without ever being noticed. Did anybody think to monitor phone calls in Iraq … or might that have been too invasive?
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All they had to do was look up “Al Zarqawi” in the Iraqi phone book.
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Phone Tag with Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi…
So, Muscab was either playing phone tag with the Iraqi government or something fishy is going on.CNN:Waiel Abdul-Latif, a member of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s party, said Monday that authorities found the numbers after al-Zarqawi, leader of a…
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Reagan had Gorbachev’s phone number too.
The most obvious explanation is that those in power need to communicate that power to others in power, even if they are in opposition.
From a security standpoint, I would doubt Zarqawi actually called those people from his personal cell phone. It was probably used more as an electronic “little black book”.
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Come on James. He was obviously undermining the morale of the Iraqi government by making prank phone calls.
LOL, yetanotherjohn …
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Zarqawi: Is your refrigerator running?
Iraqi Pol: Yes it is.
Zarqawi: You better go catch it!
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Actually, knowing Zarqawi, he probably botched most of the calls:
IRAQI MINISTER: Hello?
ZARQAWI: All glory to Allah! I have Prince Albert in a can! He will be gloriously beheaded in 24 hours unless the following demands are–
IRAQI MINISTER: [Click.]
UNNAMED TERRORIST: No, no, it’s “do *you* have Prince Albert in a can?”
ZARQAWI: A curse upon this infidel brand of humor!
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This comes from one of Allawi’s guys and is so far unconfirmed by anyone else?
HUGE pinch of salt.
Regards, Cernig
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Amazing how little damage two 500lb bombs did, Zarqawi lived through the explosion and now it appears his cell-phone survived unscathed.
You guys really need to have a chat with the manufacturers of your weapons, or stop being blind sided by every piece of half assed propaganda that drops in your lap.
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