Mamamontezz's Mental Rumpus Room

Zarqawi Captured!

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, head of the group suspected of beheading two Bulgarian hostages, has reportedly been arrested in Western Iraq.

Excellent news. Very good news. This is absolutely the best thing I've seen all day, and darned near all week. It's a wonderful thing when an accused murderer and terrorist is captured under any circumstances.

Al-Zarqawi has been arrested by Iraqi police and US military close to the border with Syria, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing information posted on the Internet.

Zarqawi was dressed in a white T-shirt and blue jeans. Reports claim that he didn't oppose the arrest.

Damned right he didn't resist arrest. And it's a crying shame, too. Probably the biggest disappointment of the entire story for me. The thought that he could have made a sudden move or turned the wrong way and been turned into a red mist... Brings a tear to my eye.

Of couse, it's not much of a surprise that they'd finally flush that monster out. The military has been systematically destroying his network of safe houses, bombing them to rubble, one at a time. Another one was taken out today, with a loss of 13 persons. Folks in a (Not So)Safe House. Ha! One would think they would learn that there's no such thing as a "Safe House" when our troops are hunting their sorry hides like hogs in an over-loaded sty.

I don't know who caught this monster, only that they were wearing either Old Glory on their shoulders or Iraqi flags. All I know is that I want to yell out "Hooah!"

Oh, and by the way...

Dammit, why the hell did I have to google this for foreign news items just to get any information? Not a dog-gone thing on Drudge. Nothing on the AP Breaking news. Nothing domestic.

And another thing: We catch his top lieutenant a couple of days ago and it's announced yesterday. His arrest may have precipitated Al Zarqawi's arrest. And what DO we hear? We hear complaints from the DNC that the timing of these arrests is suspect because it stole a little bit of their "glory" last night and took attention off the honeymoon tour.

This is one of the many reasons I am not a Democrat.

Posted by Mamamontezz at July 30, 2004 08:33 PM