U.S.-led forces recover letter believed for al-Zarqawi

[ECH1969]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) U.S.-led forces have recovered a letter they believe was addressed to Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi complaining about low morale among his followers and the incompetence of leaders in his terror network, the military said Tuesday.

The letter was seized during an April 28 raid in Baghdad, which also yielded an undated document listing target information and sketch maps for kidnappings and bombings, the statement said.

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/123/world/U_S_led_forces_recover_letter_:.shtml
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20$ says the media tries to give this story some play over the next couple days.

[jayfish]

1. Sure They Did. -NT-

:eyes:

Jay

[MetaTrope]

2. The problem with using al-Zarqawi as the BFEE's new boogeyman

is that the name isn't so easily pronounced as "bin Laden".

[pinniped]

3. Gimme a F break! Was it on official Al Qaeda letterhead????

Did they retrieve his stool sample too?:eyes:

The next letter will state that he's getting out of the terror business and will retire in Cuba.

Joseph Goebbels's followers planted this BS story. He is sure proud.

[Lochloosa]

20. Or his leg? n/t

[Al-CIAda]

24. No- He's moving to Venezuala, Syria, Iran, and other oil countries.

We'd better invade all of them before its too late!

[acmavm]

4. The guy's mail is always being picked up by someone. But they just

can't find the guy himself. Maybe they should just look at the address on the envelope. <sarcasm for those who couldn't tell>.

You'd think we'd be able to catch this guy since we know how to get ahold of all his mail, wouldn't you? He has to read the American press to get his messages.

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. The chimp is getting desperate

bring out the boogie man. The problem is that it's not scaring folks any more, so Bu$hCo just might have to stage another event soon. Duck and cover.

[madrchsod]

6. you mean the guy who just got away

by rolling under a truck then running to a near by safe house? the same guy who has a "wooded leg"? of course if they knew there was a nearby safe house why didn`t they raid the place since they new he was there? maybe the letter was from our troops

[leesa]

8. The same guy who's been dead several times too.

[leftchick]

11. That is what I think

they actually intecepted a letter from one of our soldiers complaining about low moral, etc. and some had a brilliant idea!

:think:

[leesa]

7. Right.

I can't believe people actually swallow this nonsense!

[TOhioLiberal]

9. Oh yeah...

new evidence 'we have them on the run' :eyes: :sarcasm:

[bemildred]

10. Pay no attention to the little man behind the screen.

We can see for ourselves how low morale is and how disorganized
they are; but I don't expect the dead, one-legged Jordanian has
anything to do with it.

[Javaman]

12. Dear Sheik

Thank you for your wonderful gift. The sweater fits nicely.

However, I'm sad to report that things are not going well at my end. Moral is at an all time low. The boys and I are a little peeved at you for not sending the new PSP's like you promised. It would have nice break from all the jihad talk all the time. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the cause. Go Jihad!

We are having recruiting problems as well. We are being barred from the local high schools. I just don't get it. Doesn't anyone want to blow themselves up anymore?

Also, please stop sending every tom dick and harry here who thinks they can lead an attack. Just the other day, the last guy you sent, killed himself. No not a suicide attack, but he pointed a rocket the wrong way and well, you can fill in the rest.

At the end of the letter I have included the list you wanted for list of hostages we have.

You will also find a map of the target area, excuse the crayon, we blew up all of the pens.

Goooooooooooo Jihad!
Love and kisses,
Abu

P.S. here is the hostage list

1 pound carrots

1 pound sliced onion

1 pkg frozen peas

1 can of chicken broth

pinch of salt to taste.

[xchrom]

14. what no chicken, just broth?

that was so funny.

[Roland99]

13. What was the return address? Pennsylvania Ave.?

[grytpype]

15. Yeah, they're real incompetent.

They've just pinned down the entire US armed forces for three years. What a bunch of incompetent losers.

[hedda_foil]

16. I'd love to see the poll question

that prompted this nonsense being floated. Hmmm... Two weeks ago they had Zarqawi jumping out of a moving cab without his laptop to escape our intrepid troopses. (Which did beg the question of how he managed that feat on one leg!) Last week they were floating booga-booga terrah plots supposedly fresh from his laptop. This week his forces are falling apart. Hmmm ... * has been polling well on the terrorism question only, while everything else is in the dumpster. Why do I get the feeling that his numbers have suddenly started dropping on his handling of the War on Terra too?

[Frederik]

17. Oh give me a break

I understand that psychological warfare is an integral part of the 21st century battlefield and all that, but are they really not capable of doing better than this? With $450 billion a year? It should at least be possible to produce a fake Zarqawi videotape, just to give the networks something juicy in between the Jackson trial and the runaway bride.

[Barrett808]

19. My thought exactly. You wonder if they're even trying anymore.

Maybe the * mob are just pocketing the psyops budget and keeping up a thin pretense with sad little campaigns like this.

[ast_liberal2008]

18. yeah, sure they did

I'll say it once and be done with this story: BULLSHIT!!

[sinkingfeeling]

21. Wonder why this is important news and not the British memo confirming

Bush and Blair agreed to invade Iraq 8 months before they told the rest of us!

[frylock]

22. GOLDSTEIN!!!

:eyes:

[bluedeminredstate]

23. Passport of Atta found in rubble!!!!

Ooops...wrong story. Well, not really. It's about the same. With all the luck these spooks have finding these things you'd think they'd get the WMDs right on the first go around. I'll be waiting for Wolf, Tweetie, Matt Lauer or some other hotshot reporter to ask this question.
:sarcasm:

[daleo]

25. It is just a few bad apples complaining.

Even Zarqawi has problems this way. His response: "Why do you hate hating America? Oh, and pass me a fresh artificial leg, I want to practice jumping from speeding cars some more."

[Roland99]

26. A bit more detail...this letter could have been to ANYONE!!

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050503/ts_nm/iraq_zarqawi_dc

In a statement on Tuesday, the U.S. military said unnamed analysts had determined the letter, addressed to "the Sheikh," was intended for Zarqawi because "many of his close followers refer to him as 'the Sheikh."'

"Sheikh" is a very common form of address in Arabic that can either refer to a tribal elder or a religious authority.

The U.S. military said the letter, dated April 27th, praises the sheikh for being "a thorn in the mouth of the Americans," but also addresses low morale among Zarqawi's followers and weakening support for Jihad, or Holy war.

<...>

However, it was not clear from the translation of the letter provided that the writer was admonishing the person he was writing to.

[pinniped]

27. Check out this paragraph from another source...

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/05/03/international/i094444D88.DTL

--The U.S. military has claimed similar finds in the past. In February last year, the military released a letter it claimed was written by al-Zarqawi complaining that if the insurgency failed to prevent the handover of sovereignty, "then there will be no choice but to pack our bags and move to another land where we can once again carry our banner." Postings on a number of Internet Web sites known for their militant content questioned the authenticity of the document.--

The fake handover took place and they moved out of Iraq. So, what new land did al-Zarqawi and his low morale followers move to again?

Shame on those posters who question the authenticity of this piece of Goebbels's propaganda.

[Stinky The Clown]

28. Let's just think about this for a minnit ... okay?

So these guys are over there .... insurgenting an' shit .......

and .... like ..... they wanna let the top guy know what's up, an' shit ...... so ......

..... while all bunkered in an' shit ......

..... they take pen in hand and write this liddle missive?

Was it stamped? A liddle perfume on the outside? Lavender envelope? S.W.A.K. written onna flap of the envelope?


Give me a fucking break.

[MGKrebs]

29. It's amazing that this story gets top billing

when it has no factual basis at all, no authentication, no nothing except what somebody in the Army says it is. In the meantime, we have corroborated minutes from a secret meeting within the British government quoting top level ministers who essentially say that justification for the war was being fabricated in mid 2002, and this gets no play at all in the US MSM. Unbelievable.

[IChing]

30. Alleged al-Zarqawi Letter Shows Low Morale

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The U.S. military released on Tuesday a letter it believes was addressed to terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi from an underling complaining that incompetence of leaders in his al-Qaida in Iraq network is hurting morale among his fighters.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_AL_ZARQAWI_LETTER?SITE=MNMAN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Just a propagandist US military psyop operation, since most of the news over there in really bad.

[dArKeR]

31. I thought the letter was from Negroponte's Death Squad in Baghdad!

Bomber Kills 50 at Iraqi Police Center
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050504/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=Aul2jh.5UPJDYXrEpb_xAvOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--


and 400 to 600 attacks per week.

Go to it Media Whores! Let's have some more Laura Bush laughs!

[Sabriel]

32. They also found an email from a Nigerian asking for help in getting money

How gullible do they think everyone is? On second thought, don't answer that....

[staticstopper]

33. I love how they can run a story

before the doc. has been authenticated! The retraction is never remembered, just the first blush of sweet planted story.

Yes indeed, what cheap mind games, not up to American standards - they really need to work on their skills.

Or are they too busy watching American citizens?

[harpo]

34. I don't believe anything the pentagon says...its all propaganda

[Roland99]

35. One-Legged Man Possibly Seen in Hospital in Anbar

Looks like they nicked the phantom!


From Sludge:

Military examining reports insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was present last week at a hospital in Anbar province and the possibility that he may be ill or wounded... Developing...