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May 31, 2005
The Latest On Zarqawi
According to the Sunday Times of London, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is still alive although seriously wounded, and he has escaped to Iran for medical treatment (hat tip to The Counterterrorism Blog):
IRAQ’S most wanted terrorist has fled the country for emergency surgery after an American airstrike left him with shrapnel lodged in his chest, according to a senior insurgent commander in close contact with his group.
He has suffered from bouts of high fever since being wounded by a missile that struck his convoy three weeks ago as he fled an American offensive near the town of al-Qaim in northwestern Iraq, the commander said.
According to the Times sources, Zarqawi was wounded by two different pieces of shrapnel, one of which entered near his shoulder and tore away a "large chunk of flesh".
I guess our prayers for gas gangrene didn't take.
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