Thoughts and Speculations on Zarqawi's Death
Am I happy he’s dead? Why wouldn’t I be?
I can safely say that thousands of innocent civilians lost their lives because of this man. His group carried out many bombings in busy streets, markets, and hotels killing women and children, just because there were a few American soldiers in the area.
He brought shame to us. He made us look like blood hungry terrorists in front of the world. All for what? What were his achievements?
All that said, I will maintain that the existence of the Zarqawi and the likes, is a direct by-product of the illegal American invasion. The chaos in Iraq provided Zarqawi with an opportunity to enter Iraq and carry out his terrorist attacks. The fact that he was killed does not mean that there will be an end to the mess in Iraq. In fact killing him will perhaps fuel many of his followers to commit more crimes, all under a new banner “Al Zarqawi Martyrs Brigade.”
Finally I want to hypothesize that Zarqawi brought his death upon himself. I think there’s a direct link between the video he recently released and the intelligence pinpointing to where he was hiding. Perhaps the video’s origin was traced back with the help of some Zarqawi’s “trusted” few.
All in all, we should be happy that a man like Zarqawi is eliminated but we should not call it “mission accomplished” just yet. The mission is accomplished when the Iraqi’s have a truly democratic country, where they can walk in the streets with a feeling of state, and Iraq free of an occupying force.
I can safely say that thousands of innocent civilians lost their lives because of this man. His group carried out many bombings in busy streets, markets, and hotels killing women and children, just because there were a few American soldiers in the area.
He brought shame to us. He made us look like blood hungry terrorists in front of the world. All for what? What were his achievements?
All that said, I will maintain that the existence of the Zarqawi and the likes, is a direct by-product of the illegal American invasion. The chaos in Iraq provided Zarqawi with an opportunity to enter Iraq and carry out his terrorist attacks. The fact that he was killed does not mean that there will be an end to the mess in Iraq. In fact killing him will perhaps fuel many of his followers to commit more crimes, all under a new banner “Al Zarqawi Martyrs Brigade.”
Finally I want to hypothesize that Zarqawi brought his death upon himself. I think there’s a direct link between the video he recently released and the intelligence pinpointing to where he was hiding. Perhaps the video’s origin was traced back with the help of some Zarqawi’s “trusted” few.
All in all, we should be happy that a man like Zarqawi is eliminated but we should not call it “mission accomplished” just yet. The mission is accomplished when the Iraqi’s have a truly democratic country, where they can walk in the streets with a feeling of state, and Iraq free of an occupying force.
technorati tags: Zarqawi, Iraq, Terrorist, Terrorism, USA, Raid, Bombing, War
posted by x @ 12:31 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
At 6/08/2006 10:40 PM,
Anonymous said…
I'm with you on Zarqawi's death, and the day Iraq is truly free with all occupying force's gone will be a day to rejoice in.
I will say that I don't like the US being over there for the simple reason they don't understand the culture and can't help think that they may have made this much worse than it should have been. I pray that the people of Iraq will find the freedom and peace they so much deserve.
At 6/08/2006 11:31 PM,
x said…
thanks Chet, we're all waiting for that day.
At 6/09/2006 6:12 AM,
Unknown said…
Thanks God this day came! But the US over-benefited from his death, showing the violence in Iraq as a Zarqawi problem only, one that they solved with their "sacrificing heroes". They are keeping aside the fact that Zarqawi was one of Iraq's many problems, mainly: occupation and lack of sovereignty of the Iraqi people.
At 6/09/2006 3:48 PM,
Anonymous said…
Actually, while I don't know if it will lead to a drop in overall violence, I think al-Qaeda in Iraq may be doomed. There were dozens of house raids immediately following Zarqawi's death. These will likely provide even more intelligence. Supposedly, al-Qaeda in Iraq already isn't in very good shape.
Also, bringing up new and competent leadership in an organization under this much pressure won't be easy. The next set of leaders will not likely be as experienced or as skilled as Zarqawi was.
Why so many are claiming the US was stating that Zarqawi was the only problem is beyond me. I think many of you are putting a straw man. US intelligence has consistently stated that Zarqawi is only a small portion of the insurgency; however, al-Qaeda in Iraq and the large number of foreign fighters they bring in are responsible for a good share of the suicide attacks in that country.
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