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Zarqawi Dead

Just after 3 AM EST news began to break that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed, along with 7 associates, in a US air raid.  The President released this official statement:

Now Zarqawi has met his end, and this violent man will never murder again. Iraqis can be justly proud of their new government and its early steps to improve their security. And Americans can be enormously proud of the men and women of our armed forces, who worked tirelessly with their Iraqi counterparts to track down this brutal terrorist and put him out of business.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060608.html

From FOX News:

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Al Qaeda in Iraq leader who led a brutal insurgency that included homicide bombings, kidnappings and beheadings, was killed in an airstrike on a building north of Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi officials announced Thursday.

Officials said the terror leader's identity was confirmed by fingerprints, facial recognition and known scars.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said Zarqawi was killed along with seven aides Wednesday evening at around 6:15 p.m. local time in a bombing raid on a building in a remote area 30 miles northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198651,00.html

More links:

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005351.htm

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/014335.php

Wile the media is already trying to downplay it:

http://newsbusters.org/node/5748

http://newsbusters.org/node/5746

Posted by Ed Z on June 8, 2006 09:47 AM |

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