June 26, 2004
Scavenger Hunt
Somewhere in Fallujah, in a musty basement filled with 55 gallon drums of ammunition and human excrement, lives Abu Al-Zarqawi. Is there a reward for this pernicious madman? I thought there was, but I don't see it mentioned of late. Is Fallujah being plastered with reward posters? It should be. This viper is Jordanian. There is no tribal or familial tie that would tend to protect him in Iraq. No locals should be protecting him. We should be broadcasting the reward terms from Humvees with speakers 24/7. I'm sure there is at least one Iraqi who would like to open a $10 million bakery.
Update: Fox News just mentioned the reward is $10 million (lucky guess on my part), and they were wondering why it isn't closer to the $25 millie for Osama. I would think ten would drop the dime nicely, actually.