Zarqawi is as alive as osama!

the amazing miguel sent this through from an interview on Democracy Now on Friday:

"ROBERT FISK: I wouldn’t write that for start, because I don't believe this particular story, which is claiming that Zarqawi has better intelligence than the United States. He doesn’t. It’s just that the United States military doesn’t know how to use intelligence, because it doesn’t understand what the war is about. But anyway, also I'm not sure that Zarqawi is alive, and this story claims that he is and he’s the mastermind -- he’s supposed to be the al-Qaeda mastermind.

AMY GOODMAN: What indicates to you that he isn’t? The latest story we
have, the possibility --

ROBERT FISK: That he’s been killed?

AMY GOODMAN: That he has been forced to step down, so an Iraqi could step forward.

ROBERT FISK: Ah, yes. “According to American officials.” I remember the story came out, yeah. Look, Zarqawi has not been seen by anyone other than “U.S. officials say” ever since the beginning of the war. I think it’s possible, and many Iraqis think this, that he was killed in one of the initial air raids on Iraq in the northeastern area, in the Kurdish area, and that his I.D. has somehow come to be used by some other institution.

He has a wife of whom he was very possessive, who is now so poor. In the town of Zarqa, she has to get out to work. When his mother died more than a year ago, he didn't even send condolences to the family, or so the family have informed me, unlike a man --

AMY GOODMAN: And the family lives --?

ROBERT FISK: In Zarqa, hence his name Zarqawi, of course. In Jordan. But, you know, the problem is that if this man believes he’s a true Muslim, why didn't he send sorrowful greetings to his family on the death of his mother. Very, very weird. And over and over again we hear American military officials say or they think they can identify him in a videotape. This is a guy wearing a hood, right? I don’t know. Maybe he is alive, or maybe he’s a creation, but I’ve never met anyone who’s met him recently in Iraq, which surprises me, because I do meet a lot of people in Iraq."

Fisk is irresponsible for even suggesting this. COMSYMP i say! Besides, Fisk Isn't even american - what would he know. And Amy should be blackballed for having him on as a guest.

Zarqawi is as alive as osama!