Articles 4.26.2005

ABC News has an article on a planned trap to capture terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi at a meeting "west of Ramadi" after officials received "a tip off from inside the Zarqawi network about the meeting." According to the article, based on information from "a senior US military official," "members of the task force [charged with finding Zarqawi] had troops in place and checkpoints around Ramadi, as well as Predator drones in the air monitoring the region, the report said." Troops manning a checkpoint witnessed a car turn around and drive in the opposite direction. After a chase, they found the driver, Zarqawi's computer, and $104,000, and believe Zarqawi jumped out at a bridge, hid, and then fled to a Ramadi safehouse.
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According to the Associated Press, "The U.S. military said a suicide car bomb exploded Monday in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, wounding two civilians."
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Other articles from the region:
- Associated Press: Newsview: Bad News in Iraq Pushing U.S.
- Associated Press: U.S. Weapons Inspector Finishes Iraq Work
- Associated Press: Sunnis Drop Demand for Iraq's New Cabinet
- BBC: US closes book on Iraq WMD hunt
- NY Times (reg req'd): Arms Move to Syria 'Unlikely,' Report Says
- LA Times (reg req'd): U.S. Urges Swift Work on Cabinet
- Christian Science Monitor: Toughest commute in Iraq? The six miles to the airport.
- Christian Science Monitor: Iraqi insurgency far from 'fizzling'