Report: Zarqawi Captured
Jeff Quinton passes on a Russian report that Iraq’s head terrorist has been captured:
Sofia Morning News – Al-Zarqawi Captured – Report
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, head of the group suspected of beheading two Bulgarian hostages, has reportedly been arrested in Western Iraq. Al-Zarqawi has been arrested by Iraqi police and US military close to the border with Syria, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing information posted on the Internet.
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A group linked to Zarqawi is suspected of carrying out a wave of attacks in late June that killed more than 100 people and injured hundreds more in attacks in five Iraqi cities.
I agree with Jeff that the report is sketchy enough that we might ought hold off on our celebrations and that, “If it turns out to be true – bank on the timing being questioned by Democrats.”
Update (1305): The same site is now issuing denials. It’s apparently getting heavy traffic; neither link is loading at present.
schetchy doesn’t began to describes it. Den Beste Rule applies for now.
I managed to dig up the RIA Novosti report mentioned by Novinvite. Unfortunately, my newspaper Russian sucks. Maybe someone else can make better sense of it.
What I did see that jumped out was the mention of an Iraqi website called “Our Iraq,†where it sounds like they got the information from (again, my Russian ain’t great and I don’t quite recall what сообщил means).
Do you think Fafnir and Giblets tracked him down during the two weeks they were “on the road?”
The report may be in error, but clearly the rumor mill is going crazy because SOMEONE got caught. CNN is up with a report that is so similar as to make one wonder if the first source didn’t simply screw it up… says CNN:
similarity of situaton, caused someone at the Rusian outlet to pop a cork.