“Today Zarqawi was defeated,” said the Iraqi PM, Nouri al-Maliki.
Statement from US Forces:
“Ladies and Gentlemen, Coalition Forces killed al-Qaida terrorist leader Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi and one of his key lieutenants, spiritual advisor Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman, yesterday, June 7, at 6:15 p.m. in an air strike against an identified, isolated safe house.
Tony Blair is Happy
Oil fell 1.7% to below $US70 for the first time in two weeks today after the death of the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
A few weeks ago, U.S. military leaders were laughing at Zarqawi as a leader since one of his lieutenants had to clear a jam in his weapons system. Now, a severe blow has been dealt to the insurgency. Was he a threat or not?
In today’s CNN article and see how he’s using this as a tool for Iraq damage control.
Then again MSNBC reported off the AP wire on March 4, 2004 that:
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in the Sulaimaniyah mountains of northern Iraq “during the American bombing there,” according to a statement circulated in Fallujah this week and signed by the “Leadership of the Allahu Akbar Mujahedeen.”
What the heck I do not believe everything I read anyway.