Al-Zarqawi Killed

June 8, 2006 in Al Qaeda, Global War On Terror, Iraq, Terrorism

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaida leader in Iraq who waged a bloody campaign of suicide bombings and beheadings of hostages, has been killed in a precision airstrike, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Thursday. It was a long-sought victory in the war in Iraq.Al-Zarqawi and seven aides were killed Wednesday evening in a remote area 30 miles northeast of Baghdad in the volatile province of Diyala, just east of the provincial capital of Baqouba, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said.

Full Story Here DOD announcement here

This is a very big and very good news, but expect for the next few weeks expect the violence in Iraq to escalate. 

The Anti War Crowd are gonna be upset. The Poster Child for desertion Ehren Watada and the Haditha hanging will not be on the Front Page, nor the lead story on any news network. Perhaps Watada, and Murtha will want to attend the wake.

Update: Maj General Caldwell in a news conference was asked by a NEWSWEEK Reporter if any of the other "Victims" of the Air Strike had been Identified…

That anyone would refer to the leader of a Terrorist Group and his associates that have brutally Beheaded people, as a VICTIM is astounding…

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