July 03, 2006

Phone Tag with Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi

So, Muscab was either playing phone tag with the Iraqi government or something fishy is going on.

CNN:Waiel Abdul-Latif, a member of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's party, said Monday that authorities found the numbers after al-Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, was killed in a U.S. air strike on June 7.

Abdul-Latif did not give names of the officials. But he said they included ministry employees and members of parliament.

He called for an investigation, saying Iraqis "cannot have one hand with the government and another with the terrorists."

Not good, but on the other hand money still talks.
Meanwhile, al-Zarqawi's wife told an Italian newspaper that al Qaeda leaders sold him out to the United States in exchange for a promise to let up in the search for Osama bin Laden.

The woman, identified by La Repubblica as al-Zarqawi's first wife, said al Qaeda's top leadership reached a deal with U.S. intelligence because al Zarqawi had become too powerful.

I don’t care how as long as he’s in hell where he belongs. Allawi's party, so I see some internal politics here. So a grain of salt warning is prudent.

Others : Outside The Beltway and Powerline.


By Howie at July 3, 2006 10:58 AM | | l digg this