Globe and Mail: Bin Laden enlists al-Zarqawi to target US, officials say

Update: Bin Laden to al-Zarqawi: “Um, yeahh…I'm gonna need you go ahead and come in tomorrow. Sooo if you could be here around nine, that would be great.”

Najaf: Intelligence sources indicate that wiretaps recorded in Najaf last Tuesday may contain conversations between Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his next door neighbor, Lawrence. Zarqawi, who disappeared from Najaf shortly after visiting his therapist is said to have seemed “really bummed” about the new orders from Bin Laden. “He seemed unsurprised by the call” said one analyst, “but he’d been trying to avoid it and was in the process of ducking out early for afternoon prayers when the call came through.”

“He should have turned his answering machine off” added the source, “he’s probably going to end up working Sunday as well.”

In other news, North Korean diplomats reassured reporters that any recent comments regarding a bomb were purely in reference to the Ben Affleck vehicle “Surviving Christmas,” which has just reached the Asian media market.
- posted by JB @ 7:56 PM