[antimedia] antimedia: Today is a great day....

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Today is a great day....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1149815833.shtml


   ....The macabre murderer, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, [1]was killed
   yesterday along with seven associates in a bombing raid of the safe
   house he was meeting in. According to [2]Omar, two of the dead were
   women who were intelligence operatives for Zarqawi. Another was
   Zarqawi's spiritual advisor, Abu Abdul-Rahman al-Iraqi, who
   unwittingly [3]led our troops directly to the safe house and
   precipitated the strike that killed them both. (Apparently Allah and
   he weren't on talking terms.) Andi (of Andi's World) [4]reports that
   Zarqawi was still alive when the troops found him. Let's hope his last
   images on earth were US soldiers watching him die.
   The celebration of Zarqawi's death wasn't universal. Hammorabi
   [5]writes, "Zarqawi without doubts went into the bottom of the Hell
   with blood of many innocent children, women and men in his dirty
   hands." One of those innocents was Nicholas Berg, whose father
   couldn't resist the opportunity to criticize Bush, calling him [6]a
   worse terrorist than Zarqawi.
   Berg wasn't the only one less than thrilled at the news. Some of the
   usual suspects in Congress took the opportunity to [7]criticize Bush
   and the war effort as well. Some on the left [8]looked for the dark
   cloud behind the silver lining. (Hat tip to [9]Greyhawk.) Others
   wondered if it is [10]"ethical" to celebrate Zarqawi's death! That's
   easy. YES!
   The brother of Kenneth Bigley, another of Zarqawi's beheading victims,
   said he hoped Zarqawi would [11]"rot in hell". That sentiment seems
   [12]a lot more common, prompting [13]congratulations and encouragement
   to our troops from some and [14]sardonic humor about the short
   lifespans of terrorists from others.
   Michael Yon's [15]reaction is to pray that the media won't replace
   Zarqawi with another media-created monster. There's not much hope of
   that, I'm afraid. The media has been manipulated by the terrorists for
   too long now to change horses in mid-stream.

References

   1. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198651,00.html
   2. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/06/zarqawi-killed.html
   3. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198735,00.html
   4. http://www.mudvillegazette.com/milblogs/2006/06/08/#005543
   5. http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/2006/06/breaking-news-al-zarqawi-killed-prime.html
   6. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198680,00.html
   7. http://www.soldiersperspective.us/?p=999
   8. http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2006/06/reaction-on-zarqawis-demise-from.html
   9. http://www.mudvillegazette.com/archives/005527.html
  10. http://hotair.com/archives/top-picks/2006/06/08/video-the-airstrike-remix/
  11. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198737,00.html
  12. http://jarrarsupariver.blogspot.com/2006/06/zarqawi-finally-dead.html
  13. http://brazosmouth.blogspot.com/2006/06/and-one-to-grow-on.html
  14. http://stolenthunder.blogspot.com/2006/06/zarqawis-probate.html
  15. http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/satans-second-most-favored-serpent.htm