Have any of you heard media question the validity of Zarqawi?

[AlCzervik]

I haven't yet and i keep hoping someone will say "How is it possible he's involved in everything thats going on" nevermind he probably is dead and only has one leg.

[tatertop]

1. Not here. (All I know is Zarqawi is everywhere and he. is. evil!)

And because of Zarqawi we must invade Syria, if only to
get Zarqawi. By the way, he owns a summer house in Iran.

[Richard Steele]

2. Nope. Their belief in this invincible boogieman is universal and absolute.

[Beelzebud]

3. Zarqawi is our Goldstein.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. I have heard a couple of reporters speculate on rumors that he

has been injured, but there is never any confirming data. It sounds to me, if all the reports are to be believed, that he has the same recuperative abilities of a super hero.

[Junkdrawer]

5. When I hear "Zarqawi did it", my Bullshit Meter pegs off scale...

They really need a new boogie man.

[SmokingJacket]

6. He's the new Bin Laden.

Bin Laden (who's most likely long dead) had too many connections to Saudi Arabia and the oil world and it made people very uncomfortable.

Zarqawi is a much more suitable boogey man.

How can these people keep taking credit, yet the source of the proclamations are never brought to justice? If I called up and took credit for a terrorist attack, my butt would be in Gitmo pronto.

[Loonman]

7. No

But that doesn't mean he does not exist or is not dangerous.

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. And we will never know if there is any proof to it, because all

the information is a secret.

[shance]

9. Which should "prove" right there that there is no "proof".

Its a lie.

Like everything else from the Cheney Administration and their world of scapegoats.

[oldlady]

10. Yes, but you might not like the whole answer

watch Democracy Now online today

[AlCzervik]

11. will do, was this yesterdays edition or did they tape today's already?

[AlCzervik]

13. ok i watched and i listened very carefully, he stills sounds like

an urban legend to me, i don't doubt the sincerity of Ms. Napoleoni but i'm still not buying it.

[Nabia2004]

12. Yes, US and British special ops "our new boogieman"

The articles came out right after the Zarqawi name became associated with everything evil in Iraq. Men from US and British special operations were interviewed. They stated, matter of factly, (and this is all paraphrased) that Zarqawi was nothing more than a manufactured boogieman. They stressed that it was important to maintain the illusion of an organized opposition.

I remember reading at least two articles on the subject, international publications. One may have been the Guardian. A search should find something.

[Beelzebud]

14. Everyone should read 1984. Zarqawi is Goldstein.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. I even equated him to Goldstein in another thread here today on Zarqawi.nt

[Beelzebud]

16. It's a fair comparison. I'm waiting for the mandatory 10 mintues of Hate.

1984 should be required reading, IMO.