Falluja Negotiator: Iraq Govt.'s Demand Absurd ( no Zarqawi there!)

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20041014/ts_nm/iraq_dc

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"We want to know what proof there is that Zarqawi is in Falluja," Hatem Maddab, a member of a Falluja negotiating committee, told Arabic Al Jazeera television, adding that the government had now halted peace talks.


U.S. warplanes have repeatedly struck at targets the military says are hideouts used by Zarqawi and his followers in the Sunni Muslim city 32 miles west of Baghdad.


"Zarqawi is like the weapons of mass destruction that America invaded Iraq for," Maddab said, alluding to Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s arsenal of banned arms that proved not to exist.


"We hear about that name (Zarqawi), but he is not here. More than 20 or 30 homes have been bombarded because of this Zarqawi and his followers but only women, children and the elderly have been affected," the negotiator added.

[pinniped]

1. Wow!...yahoo news running the boogeyman story.

Will it show up on the front page of my paper in the morning?

I would also like to see proof of the existence of this 25 million USD alleged worldwide terror mastermind.

I bet 25m USD isn't even allocated for his reward because the powers that be know he is a figment of imagination.

[leftchick]

2. I was shocked as well

This sort of story is usually only seen in the Arab press!

rate it up!

[mike_c]

3. after they destroy Falluja they'll announce that al-Zarqawi...

...escaped under cover of battle or something. He's much too valuable a boogyman to let him die.

[struggle4progress]

4. The amputee, who had a nose job after being captured ...

... and killed several times, seems to be invisible to everyone except the Bushistas.

[AlCzervik]

5. and he's still not on the FBI 10 most wanted TERRAHRISTS!

list, maybe thats a small point but i think it's telling.
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/fugitives.htm