Autopsy Reveals No Zarqawi Beating
Posted on June 12, 2006
Via CNN
“It was very evident he had extremely massive internal injuries,” Caldwell said.
Al-Zarqawi died 24 minutes after coalition forces arrived, he said.
Jones said the autopsy conducted Saturday showed that al-Zarqawi died from injuries to his lungs.
“Blast waves from the two bombs caused tearing, bruising of the lungs and bleeding,” he said. “There was no evidence of firearm injuries.”
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“These autopsies were performed to make a definitive determination as to the cause of both Zarqawi’s and Rahman’s deaths,” Caldwell said. “The scientific facts provide irrefutable evidence” that “will serve to counter speculation, misinformation and propaganda.”
I thought I would share this just so it was clear to everyone.
I second the Captain’s conclusion.
The AP owes its readers an apology and a retraction. Will we get either? Doubtful. We must maintain the level of skepticism that the AP itself failed to keep in this instance. Unlike with the US military, we have a long history of transgressions with the AP on its reporting for our assumptions.
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Out of curiosity how can you tell the difference between blunt force trauma delivered by a bomb blast and blunt force trauma delivered by a soldier. I doubt the soldiers beat him as he would have been a great source of intelligence and those were well trained soldiers.
Stop the ACLU, you MUST be mistaken. We all know that the US military revels in human suffering, particularly with poor innocent terrorists. I mean, what had Zarqawi ever done to the US?
Kerwin, the anti-soldier propaganda is getting old. I’ve been an Army wife a soldier in infantry units for 13+ years now. He’s been to war. I see up close and personal how the troops train and respond in combat. They don’t beat up dying men, even if they are terrorists.
In Baghdad, my husband would visit some of the guys in the Combat Hospital and the medics frequently were treating, eh hem, insurgents and terrorists who just moments eariler wounded or killed US Soldiers. THAT is the kind of US military we have. We help our enemies despite themselves.
I heard from a pathologist on Fox that he most likely had internal lung damage from the air blast that accompanied the bomb explosions.
A beating would not cause the same kind of damage. Unless I hear more reliable evidence I will go with that.
Amy Proctor,
We have and average of 5.5 murders per 100,000 people each year in the United States and I have not even heard that many dredged up by the MSM. Our soldiers are in a lot more adverse conditions than the average person on the street.
Give it up, Kerwin. Not everyone would die immediately from a bombing, although Zarqawi’s particular brand of evil takes longer to snuff out.
What’s your point?
You should read my comments again. I was highly skepticle of the claim that our soldiers beat Zaqawi from the beginning. I just try to remain unbiased.
My point
Our soldiers like our citizens at home will commit murder. It is to be handled by the due process of law. The media blows it out of proportion to sell their own papers or political agenda.
A related issue
Compare the total number of murders committed in the United States each year to the number of our troops killed in Iraq. The media barely mentions the former which is many times greater and dwells on the later. Our troops willingly put their life on the line to secure the rights of others and are media is constantly spinning their deaths and injuries to use against their efforts in life.