Two points of interest: One is the notion put forth by Zarqawi's widow that Al Qaeda was complicit in his death. The other is, she's living in Europe.
From the Khaleej Times: "Zarqawi was victim of Al Qaeda plot with Americans: wife"
ROME - Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, the head of Al Qaeda in Iraq, was "sold to the Americans" because he became too powerful, his wife Um Mohamed said in an interview published on Sunday.
"My husband had become too powerful and he was no doubt bothering someone," she claimed in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Reppublica.
"His growing power and the consensus he achieved between the most radical groups cost him his life," she added.
Mohamed claimed her husband had been "the victim of a secret pact between Iraqi resistance fighters, the leaders of Al Qaeda and the American secret services to eliminate him".
"In return, the Americans agreed to slow down their search for Bin Laden. Al Qaeda is currently trying to protect its charismatic chief," she added.
Mohamed, whom the paper described as a Jordanian woman aged around 40, said the agreement had been reached with the Sunni tribes charged with protecting her husband, with the Jordanian secret services acting as intermediaries.
"Otherwise, they would never have been able to kill him in such a way, unless the Baquba attack was just luck," she continued.
Zarqawi was killed on June 7 in an American air raid on Baquba, north of Baghdad.
Public television station Iraqia reported that one of the Jordanian members of Zarqawi’s entourage had revealed his whereabouts to the Iraqi forces.
The newspaper said Mohamed lives in hiding in Europe, and that the interview was conducted in Geneva.
Ok and which number wife would she be? Given her age probably his first. Or were the reports that also killed with the zee man were his 16 year old wife and 18 month old son not true?
"My husband had become too powerful and he was no doubt bothering someone," she claimed in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Reppublica.
I think more to the point is he *thought* he was way more powerful than he was.
Um Mohamed lives in hiding in Europe?
I dare to wonder what detaining the wives of Islamic murderers would do to bring these degenerates out into the open.
As far as selling your fellow terrorist out? I could see that. There's no honor among thieves...murderers, pedophiles, rapists.
It's not beyond the realm of possibilities
Zarqawi had become what is known in military terms as a “loose cannon.” There were clear signs of friction between him and bin Laden. The exact nature of this friction is something that we may never know. It is possible that Zarqawi was becoming too powerful within the ranks of Al Qeada and Bin Laden had to remove him or be removed. It is possible that Zarqawi was simply not doing an effective enough job and was “fired” Al Qeada style.
What we do know is that Zarqawi was publicly making statements like, “Bin Laden, the Iranians, and the Americans are all working together to bring down Islam.” Such a statement can lead one to believe that Zarqawi had either become crazy or he was naming everyone he was planning on fighting.
We also know that Zarqawi was following a strategy of attacking Iraqi civilians more than coalition forces. A trend that began right after the second election of President Bush. It was believed that he was trying to start a civil war, between the Sunni and the Shiia, in Iraq. It is also believed that bin Laden was not happy with this.
Now you can read anything into that you want. It is possible that Zarqawi believed that since he could not effect American elections that he took to effecting Iraqi politics instead. Maybe it was just getting too dangerous to go on exclusively attacking US forces. (Attacks have continued on US forces but the reader might take note that there are no fewer than five insurgency groups within Iraq and they all have different agenda’s and strategies and are just as prone to fighting each other as they are us.) We may never know why but, we are certain that Osama was not happy with him.
This leads to the obvious. Where did the intelligence come from that allowed us to take out Zarqawi and his closest supporters? Yep, you guessed it, it came from Public Enemy Number One himself, Osama bin Laden. The circumstantial case is building considerably...
Well, he certainly bothered Nick Berg.
Yes, that's it. Zarqawi had become bothersome and just a little too big for his britches. So we conspired with bin Laden to have him eliminated.
Another Muslim genius.
An "Osama did it!" rumor I've been trying to start online, so thank you Mrs. Z.
(That's Zip-head in the local parlance.)
A dead martyr is always easier to manipulate than a live maniac.
He becomes Osama's posthumous handpuppet instead of a rival for the pedophile Caliphate to come.
As Allah was Mohammad's murderous marionette.
Come to think of it, that would make a good stage routine:
Mohammad, with a little ventriloquist's dummy on his knee, wearing the name "ALLAH" on a little placard around its tiny wooden neck.
MOHAMMAD:
So, little Allah, tell me, is it okay to rape 9 year old girls?
ALLAH PUPPET:
(rolls its wide glass eyes for lascivious emphasis)
Hubba-hubba, O' prophet! Only if the little lady is as hot as a camel's ears in a Sahara sandstorm!
MOHAMMAD:
It take it that that is a "Yes"?
ALLAH PUPPET:
Whatever you say, O' Perfect Man! (spins head 360)
MOHAMMAD:
And what about taking as sex slaves the wives and daughters of men we kill in battle?
ALLAH PUPPET:
Call 'em "wives" and you're in like flynn!
MOHAMMAD:
Who?
ALLAH PUPPET:
An infidel dog who will one day play "Captain Blood".
MOHAMMAD:
(petulent)
I thought that was my nick-name!
ALLAH PUPPET:
(snotty aside to audience in 'Yiddish' comic tone)
You get a little red henna in your beard and suddenly you think you're Caligula!
etc., etc....
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Let's see some Muslim Comic try that act.
C'mon, diablo. The US claiming inside intel is just standard military procedure--take out the head, and then get all his followers looking at each other. What makes you think bin Laden would have known Zarqawi's whereabouts anyway?
The whole idea is silly and the lady's reasoning is cockeyed. How 'bout, Zarqawi was a ruthless criminal whom the US hunted down and exterminated like the wild animal he was? How 'bout, Zarqawi had put on a few sides of beef acting the sultan--living the good life--and he was so fat he couldn't get away any longer so we put him on a permanent diet.
The lady's retarded and so is anyone who takes her seriously.
The comments of the Widow Zarqawi show that Islam will lose. It has no means of building trust between people, and thus can only scapegoat rather than correct its internal flaws.
My own guess is that a bunch of local Iraqis who long figured that Mr. Car-bomb was no hero but just a two-bit thug with a price on his head heard that he was in the neighborhood and tipped off the Iraqi authorities and Americans.
And, if indeed this is how Bin Laden treats his lieutenants, maybe a witness protection program should be set up for Qaeda operatives who want to throw in the towel. We'll have Ospama's beard tacked to the wall of the Oval Office in no time.
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This article might be of interest.... this appeared the same day as Zarqawi was killed (before news of Zarqawi's death broke).
He is dead and that is good...
...as we all can see, the killing continues in Iraq, between Sunni & Shiites, and why should we make that our concern?
We shouldn't be: Whatever weakens Islam is good for us infidels...
What bothers me is why and how the wife of a fanatical mass-murderer (nothing about her was ever mentioned before!) gets to live in Switzerland, sheltered and secure, obviously not alone, so how many are in her entourage? What interest does the west have in supporting the clan (incl. how many children exactly?) of Zarqawi?
Who did enable the Zarqawi clan to get to settle in Geneva, why are they allowed to stay there?
Who is behind organizing this charade (Tariq Ramadan comes to mind) and why are we being informed about it now and not before when Zarqawi was still alive?
Why is the OBL clan allowed (incl. his mother) to travel freely all over the world?
Zarqawi annoyed the Jordanians by setting off a few bombs in their country leading to considerable loss of life. This so annoyed the Jordanians that they actually put a bit of effort into tracking him down, using infiltration and informants, then passed his location on to the Americans. The simplest explanation is always the best.
And which Dhimmi country is sheltering the widow[s] of Terrorists;no doubt providing them with hefty welfare payments as well as round the clock protection funded by Infidel taxpayers?
Guess it might be Switzerland who probably know where Arafat's hidden billions are.No doubt other Saudi secret accounts help to keep this little country one of the richest in Europe.
It's time Infidels got tough : Jihadists & their baggages[including wives,concubines & kids] should ALL BE DEPORTED TO NEAREST ISLAMIC COUNTRY.
Well they say that he was sold out by Iraqi resistance fighters,no suprise he is not Iraqi he was just used as a means to an end.
I guess he had passed his use by date.
..what an outrage
who supports this woman? how did she get to Europe?
who is paying to support her?
Wonder why she continues to hide??? And not just behind the burka!
"What we do know is that Zarqawi was publicly making statements like, “Bin Laden, the Iranians, and the Americans are all working together to bring down Islam.” Such a statement can lead one to believe that Zarqawi had either become crazy or he was naming everyone he was planning on fighting." - eloivsdiablo
Where/when did he make that comment, or one like it?
Thanks.
Jared:
Go to MEMRI.org for a very recent Special Report on Zarqawi and how he alienated the Sunni militias who are, apparently, negotiating a laying down of arms in exchange for such agreements as a Coalition withdrawal in two years' time. If memory serves, this 18 page report was posted about a week ago, so you should be able to find it easily enough via the archives or by searching on Zarqawi's name.
I don't know if you'll find eloivsdiablo's specific quote, but you will certainly see ample evidence that Zarqawi's successor will likely suffer a similar fate, and sooner rather than later.