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Iraq: Al-Zarqawi Dies In U.S. Strike

Jun 8, 2006 | 13:46 GMT

Summary

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed in a bombing raid near Baqubah, Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said at a press conference in Baghdad on June 8. He died in a U.S. airstrike on the evening of June 7. U.S. and Iraqi officials said his body has been positively identified. His death will have a marked impact on all sides of the current conflict in Iraq, as well as the overall perception of the U.S. war against militant Islamists.

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