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Rumors have circulated once again that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may have been killed in an attack by United States military forces. In related news, the Islamic militant’s family denounced the recent bombings in Jordan that were claimed by al-Zarqawi’s group Al Qaeda in Iraq and effectively disowned him.

“We announce, and all the people are our witnesses, that we - the sons of the al-Khalayleh tribe - are innocent of him and all that emanates from him, whether action, assertion or decision.”

The statement effectively declared open season on Zarqawi, saying that anyone who carried out acts of terrorism in the kingdom would not be protected. -The Guardian 11/21/2005

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Dwight Meredith on Wampum

Wiping out the Zarqawi terrorist threat before the war was Not Useful to the goal of starting the war. As a result, the administration passed on several chances to eliminate the threat and hundreds and hundreds of people have since died at the hands of Zarqawi and his minions. Let’s hope that the current rumors are true and that the threat is finally eliminated. After all, Mr. Bush got his war and he no longer has reason to think that wiping out a terrorist threat is Not Useful.

Evan Kohlmann on Counterterrorism Blog

Other, highly dubious reports have also surfaced in the media today suggesting that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may have been himself killed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul during a U.S. military raid on a suspected Al-Qaida hideout. Needless to say, such “tips” are often posted on fringe Arabic-language message forums on the Internet and are subsequently picked up by overeager news agencies — but ultimately, most prove to be nothing more than unfounded rumor. Certainly, Al-Qaida doesn’t seem to have been at all fazed by the reported Mosul raid. Not only has Al-Qaida issued nearly twenty new communiques in the last twenty four hours, but it also claimed credit for additional insurgent attacks on U.S. forces in Mosul. Apparently, the raid that “might have killed” Zarqawi did not even succeed in decapitating Al-Qaida’s military command structure in the Mosul area. This Zarqawi report ultimately will be proven or disproven by the only sure way possible: forensic evidence collected on scene. But, at least for the moment–given what we do know–it seems fair to classify Zarqawi’s would-be passing as extremely unlikely.

Andy Aplikowski on Residual Forces

…Keep in mind we’ve heard this kind of thing before.
Back in March 2004 he was allegedly dead then too.

One can only hope he now realizes there are not really 72 virgins greeting him right now, BUT we cannot be sure.

Ron Beasley on Middle Earth Journal

The subject of the Corn post is if Zarqawi is dead (again) will it help Bush or make any difference in Iraq? He quotes an email from Larry Johnson who says that al-Queda is a minor part of the problem in Iraq now and that the real problem is the strife between the Shias and the Sunnis. (Go read the entire thing for the details.) The most Bush might get is a temporary uptick in the polls but that would dissolve when things didn’t improve. In addition he would no longer have Zarqaqwi to blame everything on.

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