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The hit on Zarqawi had the side effect of landing us an avalanche of fresh information on the whereabouts of other terrorists:
U.S. troops conducted nearly 40 raids Friday in Iraq, taking advantage of information gleaned from searches following Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, a military spokesman said, revealing new information about the man believed to be poised to take the terror leader's place.
U.S. Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, the military spokesman, also said that al-Zarqawi was alive when Iraqi police arrived at the strike scene and that U.S. forces also saw him alive.
"We did in fact see him alive. There was some kind of movement he had on the stretcher and he died immediately after," Caldwell said. "He mumbled something but it was indistinguishable and it was very short."
He also said U.S. troops conducted 39 raids across Iraq, including some directly related to the information they obtained from the strike against al-Zarqawi.
Those were in addition to 17 raids conducted after the terror leader was killed Wednesday evening.
In the second night of raids, Caldwell said 39 raids were carried out and that "clearly we picked up things like memory sticks, some hard drives" that would allow American forces to begin dismantling al-Zarqawi's al-Qaida in Iraq. He said it was also helping them understand where the group's weapons and financing were coming from.
But Caldwell also told the British Broadcasting Corp. that he did not think the terrorist organization had been decapitated. "We have no question we dealt it a severe blow, but it can regenerate," he told the BBC. "There are still going to be some difficult times."
In announcing al-Zarqawi's death, Caldwell said the 17 raids had "produced a tremendous amount of information," which he described as a "treasure trove."
He also said they waited to kill al-Zarqawi before carrying out the other raids, in an apparent effort not to spook the Jordanian-born terrorist. "We had identified other targets that we obviously did not go after to allow us to focus on al-Zarqawi. Now that we got him, we will go after them," Caldwell said.
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US Troops Conducted 40 More Counter-Terrorism Raids Last Night In Iraq
The hit on Zarqawi had the side effect of landing us an avalanche of fresh information on the whereabouts of other terrorists:
U.S. troops conducted nearly 40 raids Friday in Iraq, taking advantage of information gleaned from searches following Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, a military spokesman said, revealing new information about the man believed to be poised to take the terror leader's place.
U.S. Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, the military spokesman, also said that al-Zarqawi was alive when Iraqi police arrived at the strike scene and that U.S. forces also saw him alive.
"We did in fact see him alive. There was some kind of movement he had on the stretcher and he died immediately after," Caldwell said. "He mumbled something but it was indistinguishable and it was very short."
He also said U.S. troops conducted 39 raids across Iraq, including some directly related to the information they obtained from the strike against al-Zarqawi.
Those were in addition to 17 raids conducted after the terror leader was killed Wednesday evening.
In the second night of raids, Caldwell said 39 raids were carried out and that "clearly we picked up things like memory sticks, some hard drives" that would allow American forces to begin dismantling al-Zarqawi's al-Qaida in Iraq. He said it was also helping them understand where the group's weapons and financing were coming from.
But Caldwell also told the British Broadcasting Corp. that he did not think the terrorist organization had been decapitated. "We have no question we dealt it a severe blow, but it can regenerate," he told the BBC. "There are still going to be some difficult times."
In announcing al-Zarqawi's death, Caldwell said the 17 raids had "produced a tremendous amount of information," which he described as a "treasure trove."
He also said they waited to kill al-Zarqawi before carrying out the other raids, in an apparent effort not to spook the Jordanian-born terrorist. "We had identified other targets that we obviously did not go after to allow us to focus on al-Zarqawi. Now that we got him, we will go after them," Caldwell said.
- Al-zarqawi's Cell Phone Contained Numbers Of Senior Iraqi Officials
So says an Iraqi legislator: BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had the phone numbers of senior Iraqi officials stored in his cell phone, according to an Iraqi legislator. Waiel Abdul-Latif, a member of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's...
- The Iraqi And Jordanian Blogospheres On
The Death Of Zarqawi By MG at IBC, Iraqi Blogger Central June 09, 2006 Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi likely was born in Zarka, Jordan circa October 1966, and met his final resting place in Hibhib, Iraq on June 8 2006. Since he graced both nations with his...
- Zarqawi: Terror Tool Of Tehran
From Michael Ledeen in National Review: I first noticed (Zarqawi) some years ago, reading the German and Italian press. Several terrorist cells in those countries had been rounded up, and court documents showed that in both countries the network had...
- 17 More Raids On Terrorist Safe-houses Immediately After Zarqawi Killing
We also may have gotten Zarqawi and staffs computers: It's reported that immediately after Zarqawi's house was bombed, Iraqi and American forces carried out 17 simultaneous raids on terrorists in the Baghdad area. Local commanders have said that...
- Is He Finally Dead??
UPDATE: He is not merely dead. He is most sincerely dead. Even Al Qaeda is admitting it. IF SO, this is the best news for Iraqis and for all of us. Iraq PM says Zarqawi killed: TV Reuters, Jun 8, 2006 Al-Qaeda's Iraq chief al-Zarqawi killed Associated...