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The Jerusalem Post is reporting this: (HT reader Roy)
The Elaph Arab media website reported on Sunday that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of the al-Qaida in Iraq terror group, may have been killed in Iraq on Sunday afternoon when eight terrorists blew themselves up in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
The unconfirmed report claimed that the explosions occurred while coalition forces surrounded the house in which al-Zarqawi was hiding. American and Iraqi forces are looking into the report.
Let’s pray this is true. Please, please, please. Let us all think happy thoughts that this freak is personally learning that it’s not 72 virgins terrorist Islamists get when they die, it’s 72 Virginians (perhaps Thomas Jefferson among them) who will not be kind to him.
UPDATE:
Sunday 2pm PT
Coverage and links from Open Source Media.
Visit Iraq the Model blog for their coverage.
Here is the Fox News coverage of the battle where eight al-Qaida in Iraq members were killed.
Debka has coverage here.
Here is Google’s roundup of coverage as it stands.
UPDATE: 3:53pm PT
Asher Abrams at Dreams Into Lighting has an excellent up-to-the-minute roundup of the situation.
UPDATE: 6:35pm PT
Via Breitbart: White House Has Doubts Zarqawi Among the Dead
I’m not jumping for joy yet, but if this turns out to be an accurate report, I’ll have a lot more to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
If its true its great news. Proves what a lier the guy kicked out of the Corps is. On Tim R’s show this morn saying we were getting our a-s kicked in the War on Terror and Bush was in China negotiating our surrender with the commies. I sure hope this is true. We need some positive news there
That works, but I’m rooting for one 72-year-old virgin instead.
Tammy, thanks for staying on top of this! You might be interested in my round-up of relevant items here -
Dreams Into Lightning: Is Zarqawi dead?
I’d have to see pics of his remains to believe it. Nonetheless, after he is captured, it’s not going to stop the suicide bombings. Every insurgent would have to be captured or killed before that would happen. Not to mention, the recruitment of the impressionable must be stopped.