We supposedly had chances to get him in 2002 and 2003 but he was needed so he could convince people that Iraq had terrorists.
But NBC News has learned that long before the war the Bush administration had several chances to wipe out his terrorist operation and perhaps kill Zarqawi himself — but never pulled the trigger.
In June 2002, U.S. officials say intelligence had revealed that Zarqawi and members of al-Qaida had set up a weapons lab at Kirma, in northern Iraq, producing deadly ricin and cyanide.
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The Pentagon drew up a second strike plan, and the White House again killed it. By then the administration had set its course for war with Iraq.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4431601/Here is your propaganda:
Powell told the U.N. Security Council in early February that after al Qaeda and the Taliban were ousted from Afghanistan, Zarqawi established a camp in northeastern Iraq to train terrorists in using explosives and poisons.
During Zarqawi's stay in Baghdad, nearly two dozen of his associates set up a base of operations in the capital to move people, money and supplies throughout the country, said Powell.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/29/sprj.irq.terrorist.capture/
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