Zarqawi demise only a matter of time: US general
BAGHDAD (AFP) – US forces are “zooming in” on Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who may be in Baghdad or nearby, and the demise of the Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader is only a matter of time, a US general said.
Major General Rick Lynch also took aim at Zarqawi personally, reaffirming claims he made last week that the shadowy Jordanian fugitive is a desperate man.
“Zarqawi is zooming in on Baghdad and we are zooming in on him,” the US military spokesman told reporters in the Iraqi capital. “His focus is Yusufiyah and Baghdad and we believe he is somewhere in person in the vicinity.”
“His centre of activity is Baghdad, but it’s only a matter of time that we take him down,” Lynch said adding that Yusifiyah was the new “staging area for suicide bombers in Baghdad.”
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