al-Zarqawi

For all we know the man called al-Zarqawi has been dead for some time and his corpse on ice for the right kind of propaganda move.

Firedoglake » Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Killed 2006

Recall al-Zarqawi’s beheading of Berg during the height of the Abu Ghraib scandal.

Firedoglake » Whatcha Reading About? 2006

The al-Qaeda leader's death at the hands of U.S. special forces in Pakistan also reaffirmed the notion that sooner or later, America usually gets its man be it Iraq's Saddam Hussein (captured 2003, executed 2006), al-Qaeda's Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (captured 2003) and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (killed 2006), or the biggest catch of all.

Elation over bin Laden's death gives way to reflection 2011

Crooke's most recent intervention was a commentary in the Asia Times in which he argues that the Syrian uprising is almost entirely the work of extremist followers of the late Al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and that a large majority of Syrians back the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad, who they believe shares their desire for radical reforms.

Hussein Ibish, Ph.D.: Alastair Crooke: The Ex-Spy Who Stepped Into the Cold Ph.D. Hussein Ibish 2011

When al-Qaida's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed in a U.S. airstrike in June 2006, DNA tests were performed by the FBI to positively identify the remains.

AP source: DNA IDs bin Laden, wife named him in raid 2011

An airstrike, like the one that killed al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in an Iraq safe house in June 2006, could be done quickly, from a drone or bomber far away, generating little risk for U.S. troops.

Bin Laden mission carried enormous risk 2011

Since arriving in Britain from his native Jordan on a fake passport in 1993, the Bethlehem-born Muslim cleric has been a guide and inspiration to myriad jihadists, including 9/11 ringleader Mohammad Atta, shoe bomber Richard Reid, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the late leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq.

Abu Qatada's Human Rights 2012

Crooke's most recent intervention was a commentary in the Asia Times in which he argues that the Syrian uprising is almost entirely the work of extremist followers of the late Al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and that a large majority of Syrians back the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad, who they believe shares their desire for radical reforms.

Hussein Ibish, Ph.D.: Alastair Crooke: The Ex-Spy Who Stepped Into the Cold Ph.D. Hussein Ibish 2011

In 2005, he authored a letter to then al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi warning that Mr. Zarqawi could lose his post if he didn't stop killing fellow Sunnis in Iraq.

Al Qaeda's No. 2 Killed in Pakistan Adam Entous 2011

It may also give a behind-the-scenes glimpse at some of the major episodes of the war – like the manhunt for insurgent chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, or the killing of U.S. security contractors on March 31, 2004, by a mob in Fallujah, an incident that led to the U.S. assault on the Iraqi city.

WikiLeaks Planning 'Major Announcement' In Europe AP 2010