Abu Muscab al-Zarqawi Flees From Iraq

Ok so if he really left I need a new name for him. Since he will be trying to hook up with other terror groups now that he is unemployed I like Muscab (short for mucous scab).

Washington Times : Al Qaeda in Iraq and its presumed leader, Abu Musab Zarqawi, have conceded strategic defeat and are on their way out of the country, a top U.S. military official contended yesterday.

The group's failure to disrupt national elections and a constitutional referendum last year "was a tactical admission by Zarqawi that their strategy had failed," said Lt. Gen. John R. Vines, who commands the XVIII Airborne Corps.

"They no longer view Iraq as fertile ground to establish a caliphate and as a place to conduct international terrorism," he said in an address at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Gen. Vines' statement came as news broke that coalition and Iraqi forces had killed an associate of Osama bin Laden's during an early morning raid near Abu Ghraib about two weeks ago.

Rafid Ibrahim Fattah aka Abu Umar al Kurdi served as a liaison between terrorist networks and was linked to Taliban members in Afghanistan, Pakistani-based extremists and other senior al Qaeda leaders

Gen. Vines said the foreign terrorists had made a strategic mistake when they tried to intimidate and deny Iraqis a way to vote.

"I believe Zarqawi discredited himself with the Iraqi people because of his willingness to slaughter Iraqi people," he said.

If this is true now is the time for the Sunni insurgency to call a cease fire and come to the table. Hey we Republicans may have to and have had to face loosing our majority. So have the Democrats. Get used to it. It does not mean you have lost all your power you just have to work a bit harder. In many respects is easier because you can cast blame when things donÂ’t go well. If the new kinder gentler insurgency really cares about Iraq and the Iraqi people you will start working for a peaceful future now. Iraq has suffered enough! If Saddam or maybe this man has any honor or any concern for the people of Iraq they will call for a stop to the violence now. I doubt they will and if so that just shows how little they care. Are Arabs willing to be less honorable and smart than the Kurds? WeÂ’ll see.

Hat Tip: Carlos.

Chad Evans Smells a rat on this one.

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