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Human Torch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 10:33 AM
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CNN channels Monty Python in their Zarqawi reporting (he was "re-secured")
Too bad Rita Cosby doesn't work for CNN. This kind of reporting's right up her alley.

From the CNN front page:



U.S.: Al-Zarqawi struggled on stretcher, then died

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was alive when U.S. troops reached him after an airstrike on his safe house, but died a short time later, a military spokesman said today. "According to the person on the ground, Zarqawi attempted to ... turn away off the stretcher," said U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Bill Caldwell. "Everybody re-secured him back on to the stretcher but he died almost immediately."

Link to the "Bring out your dead / I'm not dead yet" bit from Monty Python & The Holy Grail
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partylessinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 11:13 AM
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1. Well, what has happened that "they" had to change their carefully
formulated story?

It's so funny that the gang that couldn't shoot straight screwed it up so badly.

By yesterday afternoon the changes began being released. The six other thugs killed with al-Zarqawi suddenly included a woman and a child. Then it was revealed that al-Zarqawi was betrayed by one of his insiders. Later that was changed to his spiritual adviser as being the one who was the betrayer. He supposedly led the US to the building where al-Zarqawi was staying. If that were true why didn't the troops just follow and arrest al-Zarqawi? Why drop bombs and cause such destruction and killing when they had such precise information?

Then by morning the story changed to al-Zarqawi surviving the bombing, unconscious but alive. He was put on a stretcher to be taken to medical care but the US arrived and said, "HALT, we want to ID him!" In the process of getting identification, al-Zarqawi died. It sounds more like the US worked him over and made sure he died.

Then the story changed to al-Zarqawi attempting to get off the stretcher.

What the H is the real story? We will never know but I do know that I don't believe anything this cabal tells us, NOTHING!
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 11:17 AM
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2. We went in to "provide medical care to him"??
Edited on Fri Jun-09-06 11:19 AM by DesertRat
CNN's interview with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Caldwell:

QUESTION: To clarify then, you can confirm that U.S. troops themselves saw and can confirm to you that Zarqawi was alive; that is confirmed by U.S. troops on the ground.

And his attempt to turn away, would you describe that as an attempt, even in the state he was in, to escape at that point? Why did you -- was he strong enough for anyone to have to resecure him?

CALDWELL: Again, I'm reading the report; I did not talk specifically to any uniformed person.

But according to the report, we did, in fact, see him alive. There was some kind of movement he had on the stretcher. And he died shortly thereafter.

But, yes, it was confirmed by other than the Iraqi police that he was alive initially.

QUESTION: Did anyone render medical assistance to him? Did U.S. troops try to render medical assistance?

CALDWELL: Again, as I was reading the report, they went into the process to provide medical care to him.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/caldwell.transcript/

So we're supposed to believe that we sought him out and dropped 2 500 ton bombs and then "went into the process to provide medical care to him." ??
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partylessinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 11:34 AM
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3. If the body shown in the photos was freezer burned, he did NOT
need any medical care.

We are being lied to. We are not this stupid. This cabal is dangerous.
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