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January 24, 2005
US and Iraqi forces hunt Zarqawi in Fallujah
Topics: Middle East News and PerspectivesIn what is turning out to be a "just post the news" day with very light blogging, here is more of the same - we are looking for bad guys and we probably won't run out of bad guys to look for anytime soon. That's a good thing in terms of job security for our troops, but of course it doesn't bode well for peace in Iraq without fighting for it.
- Khaleej Times Online via Roth Report
FALLUJAH, Iraq - US and Iraqi forces were searching for Al Qaeda-linked fugitive Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the former rebel stronghold of Falluja on Monday after hearing that he had entered the city ahead of the Jan. 30 election.
"We have heard he entered Falluja in a six-car convoy. We hear lots of rumours but we are not dismissing this," Marine Captain Leonard Coleman told Reuters. We are on the lookout for Zarqawi as we continue protecting the people of Falluja.
An Iraqi officer said he and a group of Marines had searched for Zarqawi on Monday morning after receiving tips that he was traveling in a convoy that included a Mercedes and a BMW. "We have been searching houses with those types of cars in front of them. We have also been taking photographs of anyone driving BMWs and Mercedes for analysis and recording license plates," said the officer, who asked not to be named.
A US Marine officer told his men to take the reports seriously and be on alert for attacks. Iraq's interior minister hinted at a news conference on Saturday that the government had fresh information on Zarqawi's whereabouts, but when pressed he declined to comment further.' Read more...
Posted by Hyscience at January 24, 2005 5:13 PM
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