BEAKING NEWS! Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Killed in U.S. Air Strike

[bhallg2k]

I read it....Al-Jazeera printed it....find me another paper doing the same?

Fox News

[Psycho4Bud]

Fox News

LOL....a thousand pardons. May your camels humps always be filled with water and her baskets with herb!

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[Pennsterdam]

This is all US government propaganda. There were reports saying that Zarqawi did die before...but now he is officially dead. Hmm..thats suspicious.

[bhallg2k]

LOL....a thousand pardons. May your camels humps always be filled with water and her baskets with herb!

Hehe. He said "humps."

[Psycho4Bud]

This is all US government propaganda. There were reports saying that Zarqawi did die before...but now he is officially dead. Hmm..thats suspicious.

What did I tell ya bhallg2k....thats why they had to show the pics.

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[Myth1184]

I wonder how long it takes for Pisshead to post an article from Tinfoilplanet stating that the US has had him for a long time and this is only an attempt to drive up Bush's poll numbers

EDIT: Never mind, i see he already has...Typical.

[birdgirl73]

I'm late getting back into this conversation. Had a heck of a long workday to contend with.

I'm not upset the evil Zarqawi and the other guy are dead. I'm glad. But I worry that it will further inflame an already awful situation. That's all I was saying, Minnesota Man. We know there are literally thousands of others over there who feel the same way those two did, and so two folks getting their fast-ticket to paradise--and gosh, yes, they were dangerous kingpins--doesn't actually do much to fix the larger situation. This is not me being unpatriotic or me being a Bush hater. It's simply reality. And not even just my reality, either. It's the current administration's reality. Read their briefings and releases from today if you dont believe me.

I find myself worried like any normal mother or concerned citizen, including those of you who walk to my right, should be. I worry that it may even make the jihaddists more strongly bent on destruction-retaliation toward us than they were 24 hours ago. I worry that more boys and girls my son's age will be targets of even more ghastly deeds in Iraq (I saw that beheading, too.) I worry, as any mom of a 20-year-old would, for his life and future--and for ours.

That's why Rs and Ds alike today have been agreeing on the fact that the work the current administration is trying to accomplish over there is far from done. This was a very good step. And probably a boon to sagging approval ratings. But it certainly wasn't a huge victory. Don't anyone dare tell me that my saying this means I'm a Bush-hating liberal, either, because if you do, I'll know you're responding emotionally and without having been able to actually read or understand what I'm saying. It's simply about reality.

[Psycho4Bud]

I agree that our work over there is far from done but actually two huge steps were accomplished today. First of all we bit the head off the Al-Qauda snake....he was trying to promote civil war by blowing up both Sunni and Shi'ites. Without his presense, they lost a key general for their cause. Second part is the last appointments for their unity government. With a SUNNI in charge of the military of all things! After all that has happened since Saddam, the Kurds and Shi'ites appoint a Sunni. BIG STEP!

Forces still need to be trained, etc......But things are happening. Power stations for ALL Iraqis, clean water, restoration of the wetlands that southern Shi'ites depended on, new oil contracts for the Kurdish areas, schools, etc.....

Something of this order has never been done in that region and for three such opposite factions, to be sitting at tables discussing instead of oppressing....well, they've taken great strides!

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[birdgirl73]

I'm glad for these strides! I truly am. And I'm glad if this is a bigger step than I've understood it to be, too. I got to read most of the early briefings and statements and then the broadcast news, of course, which is mostly just the headlines. But I've not been tuned in since early today because of so much work!

I'm tired as the dickens right now. And I find that if I spend too much time on this subject, I totally personalize it and begin worrying about my son. So I should probably take a breather and not try and write or think about it more. Thanks for helping show me the positives here, my sweet Bud. I needed to read some of those.

I'm now going to depart and allow myself to be taken out to dinner by my husband and son. Steak at Ruth's Chris seems to be on the menu, followed by Italian ices. Somehow I think my mood is going get better since food's involved . . . . Later, friends.

[Psycho4Bud]

Follow the links under April 6.....and this is still just part of the "good" story:
http://www.kmax.ws/b/goodnewsiniraq.htm

and a post from the past:
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=66386

Have a good one!:thumbsup: