Union of the snakes
Osama bin Laden, wherever he is, officially has a new ally in serial beheader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
The Bush administration claims that he's been working with al Qaeda all along, but the connection has never been terribly clear. Reports have surfaced for some time that his network is actually quite disorganized. But this merger, even one of unequals, has to be regarded as a new threat. Even in last Sunday's Times, this story suggested that Zarqawi may be "a staunch rival" of al Qaeda's. (Not to mention a convicted rapist, which doesn't really surprise me.)
Off the top of my head, I'll still speculate: Might this be an act of desperation on Zarqawi's part? And, will uniting with al Qaeda simply make him easier to catch, since our intelligence network has to some extent penetrated their organization?
posted by Elbo @ 2:37 PM
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the rumor around the blogosphere is that capturing zarqawi will be the 'october surprise'. yuck.
-jordan
If that were true, the real surprise would be that they havne't caught him earlier. The Kerry defense, roughly, should be: What's taken you so long? If you had enough boots on the ground in the first place, and had done more to secure the peace, Zarqawi wouldn't have dug into a stronghold so easily.
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