NOOSE TIGHTENING on AL ZARQAWI

[mburbank]

Oh my God, it would be SO great if this is true, BUT doesn't it sound a little like the US rhetoric about Bin Laden shortly before our election? And then it turned out wht we really meant was "The trail is totally cold and we have no idea where he is."
I hope these 'associattes' are associattes, and I hope the turture they are certainly now undergoing proves more effective than torture usually does.



Iraqis Close to Capturing Al-Zarqawi



By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities in Iraq have arrested three close associates of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, officials said Friday, claiming to be close to capturing the al-Qaida-linked terror mastermind himself two days ahead of historic elections that extremists have vowed to subvert.