Zarqawi escapes to Bagdhad.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/16/iraq.main/index.html

Zarqawi has escaped to Bagdhad, according to US officials and CNN. If this is true, then that means this is the second time they have let him escape. The US also failed to capture Bin Laden as well.

The more I read about this, the more I think this has a Keystone Cops aura about it. The US had a chance to capture Bin Laden and failed. They had a chance to take out Zarqawi before the war and failed to do so. And now, they have let him escape Fallujah.

CNN is trying to put their best face on the matter, claiming that Zarqawi has reduced his ability to launch attacks. But that is simply spin, as the fact that the attacks on US forces have spread indicate that his ability to attack our forces has actually increased.

While CNN continues to spin, Zarqawi's (or the insurgents if you think he doesn't exist) operations continue unabated. In the same article:

The Italian Foreign Ministry said Thursday it is investigating a report that an Italian was abducted and killed in Iraq, cautioning that "nothing has been confirmed." The ministry said The Associated Press contacted it after a photographer in Iraq claimed insurgents showed him the body of a man killed in Iraq with papers identifying him as Salvatore Santoro, 52, of Italy. The government said Santoro previously contacted the Italian Embassy in Lebanon and said he was going to Iraq with a British humanitarian aid company.