Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi reported dead
Posted: Thursday, June 8th, 2006 1:07 amCould be another false alarm, folks, but it’s breaking all over the TV news, and just starting to hit the wires…
Iraqi PM: Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Killed
00:48 PDT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — 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. … Read full story
