Date published: 2006/06/08
The BBC says:
The US and UK have hailed news that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has died in a US air strike.
Zarqawi died when US planes dropped two 500lb bombs on an isolated site near the city of Baquba. He was identified by fingerprints, tattoos and scars.
The US struck after receiving specific tip-offs from within Zarqawi's organisation, officials said.
US President George W Bush described the news as a severe blow to al-Qaeda and "justice" for Zarqawi.
British PM Tony Blair described it as "very good news", but both leaders said Zarqawi's death would not end violence.
Well for once Bush and Blair have said something about Iraq that is not grounded in fantasy or lies: Zarqawi's death is indeed unlikely to change much in Iraq. And although Zarqawi was from all accounts a hooligan, he was responsible for far fewer deaths than either Bush or Blair.
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