Breaking News: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Killed

Jim Lynch June 8th, 2006 4:12 am

Breaking News via AP/Yahoo News:

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaida-linked militant who led a bloody campaign of suicide bombings, kidnappings and hostage beheadings in Iraq, has been killed in a U.S. air raid north of Baghdad, Iraq’s prime minister said Thursday.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said al-Zarqawi was killed Wednesday evening along with seven aides.

The Jordanian-born militant, who was believed to have personally beheaded at least two American hostages, became Iraq’s most wanted militant, as notorious as Osama bin Laden, to whom he swore allegiance in 2004. The United States had put a $25 million bounty on al-Zarqawi, the same as bin Laden.

More on this when I get up in a few hours.

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8 Responses to “Breaking News: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Killed”

  1. Tributaries says:

    May He Die a THOUSAND Deaths…

    And fall for eternity through hell.

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  2. Iowa Voice says:

    Zarqawi Dead!…

    We got him!

    Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Al Qaeda-linked militant who led a bloody campaign of suicide bombings, kidnappings and hostage beheadings in Iraq, has been killed in a U.S. air raid north of Baghdad, Iraq’s prime minister said Thursday.

  3. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi – killed in bombing raid!…

    Yes! Via FoxNews:
    BAGHDAD, Iraq — 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 …

  4. Grand Slam…

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  6. The Sandbox says:

    Zarqawi Eliminated!…

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