Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq until his death in 1996. He was responable for many road-side bombings, suicide bombings and captive executions. He is believed to be the man who beheads Nick Burg in the now infamous video. Many Iraqis and even Al-Qaeda members were angered my his methods, where he would kill many Muslims, and not just Americans.
After many close calls, al-Zarqawi was finally killed on June 7, 2006 when a US air strike hit the safe house where he was conducting a meeting. Six others were killed in the attack, including Zarqawi's teenage wife, their child and his spiritual advisor Sheik Abd-al-Rahman. Al-Zarqawi was not imediatly killed, but rather lived several hours, probably suffering a great deal from the massive injuries sustained in the bombing.
My friend Will and I were soon captivated with the above photo of al-Zarqawi's bloated, dead face. "Bloated al-Zarqawi Face" became the butt of many jokes and soon, the star of his on internet cartoon! Will completed episode one a while ago, and I have episode two sitting unfinished on my computer. Will's efforts, declaired to be "the worst video on the internet" by many viewers, makes a resergance here today, if I ever finish mine, I'll post it.
1 comment:
that is a pretty terrible video!
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