I post this for anyone who needs to see what real power looks like- it takes a special kind of person to captured TWO people after you have killed both of them at least once each.
Here is the Zarqawi saga in a nutshell.
Zarqawi Eclipsing Bin Laden in ProminenceWednesday, May 12, 2004
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119700,00.htmlIn 1999, after being released from jail in Jordan, Zarqawi formed an alliance with bin Laden allowing Zarqawi to operate a training camp in Afghanistan for Arab fighters committed to the overthrow of Jordan's moderate monarchy.
During the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, Zarqawi is believed to have been badly wounded in a U.S. airstrike and fled to Iran. Later, he ended up in Baghdad, where Saddam's regime allowed him to recuperate for several months after having his leg amputated.
But check out how CNN spins itself into the ground trying to cover for Bush five weeks earlierTuesday, April 6, 2004
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/us.zarqawi/A U.S. official said Tuesday that al-Zarqawi traveled to Baghdad in May 2002 for treatment of a leg injury but, contrary to previous reports, appears not to have had a leg amputated. The official would not discuss the reason for the change in assessment.
Al-Zarqawi, an associate of Osama bin Laden, had been named by the Bush administration as an al Qaeda member who fled to Iraq from Afghanistan in May 2002 for medical treatment and then stayed to organize terror plots. He came to Iraq with about two dozen al Qaeda terrorists, according to the administration.
Before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, President Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell and other administration officials pointed to intelligence that they said suggested al-Zarqawi had had his leg amputated in Baghdad.
Unfortunately a YEAR before that report CNN said:http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/29/sprj.irq.terrorist.capture/index.htmlZarqawi was said to have received medical treatment in Baghdad in May and June of 2002 after being wounded in Afghanistan during the war. His leg was amputated, U.S. officials say, by a surgeon in Iraq.
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Some Evidence Suggests Saddam Dead: BushLast updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, April 25, 2003
http://english.people.com.cn/200304/25/eng20030425_115783.shtmlUS President Bush said in a television interview Thursday that there is some evidence suggesting Saddam Hussein is either dead or "at the very minimum was severely wounded." Bush also said US troops would remain in Iraq "as long as necessary."
DNA tests after missiles strike 'Saddam convoy'Sunday June 22, 2003
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,982710,00.htmlAmerican specialists were carrying out DNA tests last night on human remains believed by US military sources to be those of Saddam Hussein and one of his sons, The Observer can reveal.
Officials suspect Saddam was killed in bombingPosted 4/10/2003
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-04-10-saddam-usat_x.htmWASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence has no clear information on Saddam Hussein's whereabouts, but the betting in the Pentagon's executive offices is that the Iraqi dictator lies dead under a pile of rubble in Baghdad, according to defense and intelligence officials.
But the theory given most credence is that Saddam died in Monday's bomber attack on a home near a Baghdad restaurant.
"The official take from the Pentagon is that Saddam is 'unfound,' " a senior defense intelligence official said on condition of anonymity. "Most along the E-Ring (the Pentagon's outermost hallway and executive suite) think he's under the rubble."
A Defense Department intelligence official said an abrupt end to an electronic intelligence intercept of Iraqi leadership conversations indicated that Saddam and his sons were at the site at the time of the bombing.
"The signal died when the bombs hit," the official said.
Saddam Captured 'Like a Rat' in RaidSunday, December 14, 2003
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105706,00.htmlSaddam Hussein arrested in IraqSunday, 14 December, 2003, 17:04 GMT
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Pentagon: 'Chemical Ali' Killed in AttackTuesday, April 8, 2003
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/4/7/204930.shtmlWASHINGTON -- The Pentagon believes "Chemical Ali," Saddam Hussein's cousin who ordered a chemical attack on Kurds in northern Iraq in 1988, is dead, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld confirmed Monday.
'Chemical Ali' reported deadMonday, 7 April, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2925375.stmOfficials: Body of 'Chemical Ali' Found in BasraMonday, April 07, 2003
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,83383,00.html'Chemical Ali' Captured in IraqThursday, August 21, 2003
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,95314,00.html'Chemical Ali' in U.S. custodyThursday, August 21, 2003
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/08/21/sprj.irq.chemical.ali/DOHA, Qatar (CNN) -- Ali Hassan al-Majid, the Iraqi general known as "Chemical Ali," is in U.S. custody, military officials tell CNN.
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