FOX News reports that Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi was killed in Iraq in an air raid last night. Al-Zarqawi is the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. More information as it comes in.
UPDATE: From Reuters:
Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced on Thursday that al Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been killed, state television reported.
In Washington, ABC News reported that a U.S. air attack on a Baghdad house has killed Zarqawi. "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed in Baghdad during a bombing raid," ABC said.
In a press conference that's going on right now, they are giving out details, and I shoulda gone to bed several hours ago. What you do to get the scoop.
But is has been confirmed, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi was killed in Iraq. General Casey's giving details about the operation, an air-strike against an isolated safehouse. He also said there will be a full operational brief at 1500 BST.
UPDATE: Details trickle in, another report from Reuters has more details about what happened:
The al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed in a joint attack by U.S. helicopters and Iraqi forces, ABC news reported on Thursday.
It said U.S. helicopters hit a house near Baquba, 40 miles north of Baghdad, at 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday.
"Zarqawi was apparently injured at first... The Americans found him. They handed him over to the Iraqis and he later died of his injuries," ABC said.
It said seven people were hit in the helicopter attack, including two women, but it was not clear how many were killed or wounded.
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