Terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was still alive when Iraqi police arrived at a site that was bombed by U.S. forces, a top-level spokesman for American military forces said Friday.
Major Gen. Bill Caldwell, briefing military reporters at the Pentagon from his post in Baghdad, said he learned that al-Zawqari was alive after getting briefings on the military operation that netted al- Zarqawi and several others.
"He mumbled something but it was indistinguishable and it was very short," Caldwell said.
Caldwell said Friday that authorities made a visual identification of al-Zarqawi upon arriving at the site of the airstrike.
He said that when the terrorist "attempted to sort of turn away off the stretcher, everybody reached to insert him back. ... He died a short time later from the wounds suffered during the air strike."
"We did in fact see him alive," Caldwell said. "There was some sort of movement he had on the stretcher and he did die a short time later. There was confirmation from the Iraqi police that he was found alive."
This is going to do much to increase Zarquawi's status amongst Al-Qaida. Surviving the impact from two 500 lb bombs is a herculean task. The terrorists are going to spin this into an example of Allah protecting them and giving them superhuman abilities.
So how will Zarqawi's death affect our situation in Iraq and Afghanistan? It is going to make things much, much worse.
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