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June 8th, 2006

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Justice delivered in 500lb-sized helpings

Painstaking intelligence led to the discovery of Zarqari’s safehouse last week (US forces waited to verify and pinpoint the location). Late Wednesday, two F-16 fighter jets dropped two 500-pound bombs on a house in a village north of Baghdad and killed the most wanted terrorist in Iraq. The body has been verified through fingerprint verification, facial recognition and known scars.

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Catholicgauze
June 8, 2006
6:08 pm
Today is a very dark day for those who wish to kill innocent people, establish tyrannical states, and destroy freedom.
germanicus
June 8, 2006
6:30 pm
Interesting, as I understand it, he was killed the day before the prohpet's birthday.
germanicus
June 8, 2006
6:31 pm
Sorry, prophet's instead of prohpets.
germanicus
June 8, 2006
6:33 pm
I hope they bury him smeared with pig's grease or wrapped in a pig's skin--or both.
alec
June 8, 2006
6:42 pm
Smells like FREEDOM, boys. Freedom from the tyrannical opression of worldwide radicalized Islam. Get those American flag bumper stickers ready, these SUV's are here to stay!
Chirol
June 8, 2006
7:01 pm
Amrika akbar!!
Catholicgauze
June 8, 2006
7:08 pm
Hot Air has his death video to the tune of Sabotage by the Beastie Boys.

http://hotair.com/archives/top-picks/2006/06/08/video-the-airstrike-remix/

While I am morally against killing and war, he has lived by the sword, gun, and bomb by taking thousands of innocent lives. It was time to pay Caesar.
tdaxp
June 9, 2006
3:48 am
Sic Semper Tyrannus

Sabotage'd! (Hat-tip to Catholicgauze at Coming Anarchy)

Abu Musab Zarqawi, the Jordanian enemy of the world, was justly blow'd up recently. Good.

For more, pessamism from the Duck and optomism from Barnett. And, of course, hysteria from the...
Elizabeth
June 9, 2006
12:17 pm
Never say Musharraf never did anything for you.

Did you read the BBC's obit? It was kind of funny.
Sonagi
June 9, 2006
2:27 pm
All this cheering is peculiar. One of his minions will rise up to take his place, and the killings will continue. There are so many players in Iraq now. His death is a morale boost for US soldiers, but it will have little effect on the outcome of the war in Iraq.
Lexington Green
June 9, 2006
5:25 pm
"One of his minions will rise up to take his place, and the killings will continue."

No.

People rally to success, not failure. If this were true we'd have had to fight a Fourth Reich by now, or a revived Confederacy. Sad as it may be for some observers, the historical record is that most people flee from causes that lead to the death of their participants. Killing terrorists means that (1) the dead guy won't bother you anymore, and (2) it will be harder, not easier, to recruit others. Attrition works. Not immediately, but over time, as you keep up the pressure. This is one step in a long journey.
Jon
June 9, 2006
7:36 pm
I think it's more of a morale boost for the Iraqi people. A show that things are getting accomplished and that they can get better. The US troops morale according to all sources is still extremely high and has been throughout the entire war.I think someone will step up and the killings will continue it will be a less accomplished minion whom we will be able to take out quickly.
The biggest news of the day however has largely been ignored. The fact that the Iraqi cabinet is now complete with Sunni's involved, this could be more important in stopping the sectarian violence then anything else.
moorethanthis
June 10, 2006
6:05 am
They're now saying that a tip from someone in Zarqawi's network led them to his "spiritual adviser", who in turn led them to Zarqawi's hideout. What do you reckon - someone from the local insurgency who thought his bloodthirsty antics were turning the population against them? Or a product of the U.S. and Iraqi governments making up with the Sunnis (including the recent prisoner release)?
Sonagi
June 10, 2006
9:41 pm
I read in either the NYT or WaPo that Zarqawi's violence against Iraq civilians was opposed by Bin Laden's deputy. The world is a little better place without him in it, but the folks who betrayed him to the US military aren't necessarily our allies. In the Middle East, the enemy of my enemy might be an even more dangerous foe.