The Hunt for ZarQawi
We’re getting closer to capturing the bad guy Zarqawi. Check out the map here. SpecOps Unit Task Force 145 has captured and killed Zarqawi’’s followers. They nabbed three suicide bombers with one of the bombs going off. It just killed the suicide guy, no other fatalities.
“Who’s the
biggest threat right now?” the source said. “In military terms, bin
Laden has been neutralized. He’s not going anywhere. He can’t really
move. His communications are shallow. … Zarqawi is a bigger threat.”
In
addition, he noted, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s refusal to
let U.S. forces operate in Pakistan reduces the utility of keeping a
large JSOC force in Afghanistan awaiting actionable intel on bin
Laden’s location.
The
source said Pakistan plays the same role for al-Qaida’s leaders that
Cambodia did for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War: “safe haven.” (HT Marine Corps Times)
