So, the only thing better than a dead terrorist is a dead terrorist mastermind. Abu Musab Zarqawi, now residing in Hell for, oh, eternity, won't be problem anymore. As one unnamed official said earlier today, "At worst this is really, really good, at best it's ground-breaking."
This thug's nature was revealed clearly in 2004:
It took the masked men almost 20 seconds to decapitate Nicholas Berg, the American civilian who fell into the hands of ruthless assassins in Iraq. A grainy five-minute videotape of Berg's horrifying death is the latest and most shocking image to emerge from a strife-torn occupation--one that brings home all too clearly the threat facing every American in Iraq. A 26-year-old self-employed telecommunications expert from suburban Philadelphia, Berg apparently had no connection to the U.S. occupation government, but the exact circumstances of his disappearance remain something of a mystery.What seems clear is that Berg had the misfortune to run into one of America's most sought-after terrorists. Using sophisticated voice analysis, CIA officials have determined with "high probability" that the man who wielded the knife and later brandished the severed head for the camera is Abu Musab Zarqawi, a feared associate of the al Qaeda terrorist network.
The Iraqi people and Zarqawi's other victims deserve this large piece of justice.
Posted by Alan at June 8, 2006 12:32 PM