JimH wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
Al-Zarqawi was killed along with 5 of his team members.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...00114.html?g=1

What a major hit!!!

OT or not, this is terrific news for everyone, boaters included. ;-)

I hope so, but the FBI is involved in doing the IDs...so...who the hell
knows. :-)

I agree, but everything published to date shows they got the target.

It is reassuring to see that you saw this as a good thing, despite your
political lean, and did not turn it into a political thing as some folks in
this thread are now doing.

A dead terrorist hell bent on killing you and your family is a good thing,
despite ones political affiliation. ;-)

As a discussion point, MSNBC has run an online poll...out of 150,000
responses

44% think it will have no impact whatsoever on terror or the insurgency

30% say it is a very small setback for terrorism or the insurgency

26% think it is a large blow to the insurgency and terror


In my view, the guy had to be removed, but without question, violence
begets violence.

There is, also without question, an invigoration of anti U.S. sentiment
around the world, and this guy was just an ant in an ant hill.


Then again, I picked this up from another board from a guy I know who
IS stationed in Baghdad as we speak:

".....Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm on the ground here
in Baghdad. No one is taking credit unilaterally. It was truly a team
effort, from the brave Iraqi citizens who called in tips, to Iraqi and
Coalition forces who actually carried out the operation.

We can all argue about whether Zarqawi will be replaced - there will
probably be another intolerant, ignorant, and totally implacable
individual who will replace him. However, there is no doubt that
removing this "I can't clear a stoppage in a SAW" individual from the
gene pool is a win not only for Iraqis, but for all civilized people
around the world.

From where I sit, this is a good thing for mankind. Zarqawi and others
of his ilk don't care about you, me, or anyone else who doesn't ascribe
to their view of the world. If you don't agree with them, they'd just
as soon shoot you as talk to you - make no mistake. You cannot
negotiate with them nor reason with them. The only thing they
understand is violence. And by violence they have met and will meet
their end.

My two cents,

Alan in Baghdad "