Details On The Zarqawi Safe House
The Washington Post has a description of the remains of the building where Zarqawi was killed. Frankly, it doesn't shed a lot of light on anything, just pretty well describes what two 500 pound bombs will do to pretty well ruin your day.
The article, again, directly contradicts the AP hit piece from yesterday that attempts to smear American troops with the accusation that Zarqawi was found alive and beaten to death. Iraqi police were first on the scene. Period.
When Fisher received orders for an urgent mission at 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, his troops were already involved in two other engagements: a firefight at an Iraqi army checkpoint nearby, and another incident south of Zarqawi's hideout where a Humvee had hit a roadside bomb, he said. Fisher moved troops and AH-64 Apache helicopters toward the area, and they set up a cordon along the canal; two tanks also blocked off Highway 2, which runs north-south to the east of the house.
They reached the site about 10 minutes after the bombs struck the house, Fisher said. Local residents were already there, picking through the rubble, he said; so were Iraqi police from a station about two miles away. His troops detained 14 civilians at the scene, he said, and later released them when it was discovered that they were local farmers.
Fisher, of Sioux Falls, S.D., said he had a hunch that Zarqawi had been the target, although he did not know for sure until the next morning. He received a watermelon from the local police chief as a gift when the news got out.
It appears that Zarqawi's house contained some rather racy women's clothing. We here at Blue Crab Boulevard assume that Zarqawi felt that he looked quite fetching in them. Not that we needed that mental picture or anything.
By Black Jack, Sunday, 11 June , 2006 @ 3:13 pm
Yeah, Zarq in a leopard skin teddy wouldn’t be a pretty picture.
But seeing the transgendered tart reduced to hanging out with giant penguins at the Baghdad zoo explaining the otherworldly charms awaiting new martyrs would be a hoot.
I don’t know how the Magic 8 Ball Photo Shop and Beauty Parlor can pass up such a unique opportunity.
Feel free to delete this comment, it’s your call. I’ve had my giggle.
By Gaius, Sunday, 11 June , 2006 @ 3:20 pm
Oh, that is evil. Thanks for the inspiration!