NYT: At Site of Attack on Zarqawi, All That's Left Are Questions

[Patsy Stone]

By DEXTER FILKINS and JOHN F. BURNS
Published: June 11, 2006

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/11/world/middleeast/11scene.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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Along with the scraps, it was mostly questions that remained.

Chief among them was how Mr. Zarqawi, the terrorist leader killed Wednesday in the airstrike, could have survived for even a few minutes after the attack, as American officers say he did, when everything else around him was obliterated. Concrete blocks, walls, a fence, tin cans, palm trees, a washing machine: everything at the Hibhib scene was shredded, blown to pieces.

It seemed puzzling, too, given the destruction and the condition of the other bodies, how Mr. Zarqawi's head and upper body — shown on televisions across the world — could have remained largely intact.

With rumors circulating in the Iraqi news media that Mr. Zarqawi had begun to run from the house as the first bomb struck, American officials said Saturday that two military pathologists had arrived in Iraq to perform an autopsy on Mr. Zarqawi's body to determine the precise cause of his death.

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[ima_sinnic]

1. but DON'T question *co's story unless you want to be labeled

a "conspiracy nut"

[Skip Intro]

5. I've seen the term "idiot CTs" used recently

that makes me want to just accept whatever bushco sez, and not question anything.


not

[Patsy Stone]

2. Is this an Editorial?

It's in the World section of the NYT, and the credits on the bottom are for reporters. "Dexter Filkins reported from Hibhib for this article, and John F. Burns from Baghdad." Why was this moved here, please?

[ima_sinnic]

3. delete

[OKNancy]

4. Hello

It is an "other article" It is not breaking news but an analysis/feature story.

[Patsy Stone]

6. Hi

Thanks for responding.

[wizdum]

7. I called bullshit on *'s and co. story from day ONE...

What's wrong with this picture?

Nothing about this "sudden announcement" of Zarqawi's death rings true. Something is rotten in Denmark, if you ask me. Prolly more Bush lies and tail wagging the proverbial dog.