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This was great news! I only hope this means that we are closer then ever to getting Bin Laden.

The death of Zarqawi is very good news, but the thing to remember is that eliminating the man does not eliminate the organization. The only way to kill the organization is to remove the potential successors before the eliminating the leader; once the leader is then removed the hope is that no one would be strong enough to pull the organization together. All of the work the Iraqis and the US have done before that were “near misses” on Zarqawi but somehow managed to take out other leaders in the organization is really the groundwork for this. Hopefully enough of the leadership was destroyed and this is the tipping point the world is hoping for in Iraq.

I got up this morning & turned TV on NBC channel. It is very good new - I'm glad that men & women in uniform that they "eliminated" Zarqawi gone for good. Now the Iragi people feel safe & happy. God Bless to all men & women who fighting for us & keep us safe

Richard,

Thank you for being an un-official part of our military. Being on the frontlines voluntarily not to fight the war on terror, but to bring us words of hope, solace, and progress is an extremely selfless thing to do. How soon we as people forget the chivalry of others-- who put themselves in harms way so that we (here at home) don't have to. Thank you for bringing us the "good news", the "bad news", and "everything" in between.

Take care of yourself and come home to us safely.

IT does send a message that a top dog in Al Qaida is not free to 'ever taunt, torture, cause terror fear free of reprisal. Thing is...as long as the fervent belief exists that martyrdom is preferred with 70 virgins waiting the militant hero in the next life to come, how does this thing really end? Also...with Jews and Arabs fighting each other for near 5,000 years, surving Persia, Babylon, the Roman Empire...I can't help but wonder if all that we are doing doesn't amount to nothing more than a slap on the wrist. One can hope...

Ah yes... the build up: "If we can only get Zarqawi.." followed by the inevitable "We want to caution that this won't lessen the Insurgency"
While I'm glad this pig is dead the only thing that will help our troops is to bring them home.

Yes, there will be others to try and take al Zarqawi's place, but al Zarqawi was not only ruthless, but also quite logistically gifted at what he did. That is not something that Al-Qaida can replace so easliy. This was a huge victory for the new government and the USA, both strategically, and symbolically.

This is good news to hear. Now we should pin point bomb any other known locations and continue with a offensive that will leave them scambling and disinigrating. Thanks for sharing the exitement over there.

I should hope we finally eliminated Zarqawi - since we created him with our poor planning and inadequate deployment. Now why don't we finish the original mission - killing Osama. Great job US Soldiers! Keep up the good work.

Thanks to all the troops and coalition for making this happen. Best news in a long time. A very disturbed person has been put to rest and hopefully he will find peace in the after world. We all know that this isn't going to stop these disturbed people but there's really no denying that this is a blow to them. We will win the war on terror. We have to.

Thanks Richard for risking your life over their to get the news back to us. Burn in hell Zarqawi and all your freaky wacked out followers. Osma your days are numbered, dig your hole a little deeper you freak. Please show these comments on some terroist website.

I pity those of you who always consider the glass is half empty and must still find a dark cloud in this silver lining. For the rest of us we can all sleep better from this day forward. We know the struggle ahead will be long and hard but so is everything worth fighting for. That is what seperates this country from all others.

Nice work Richard,

I am also not a big fan of killing people. This had to be done though. The talk about al Quida retaliation is silly. They have been "retaliating" for decades. Until somebody stops them (Us maybe?)from "retaliating" they are going to keep doing it.

This is great news that an evil man like this is eliminated. I still have the image of Nick Berg being killed in my head. However, these people will never stop. I don't see a quick end just because of his death. We thought it would end when Saddam was captured. Well, we can only hope and pray.

This is a huge and long overdue victory for the allied forces in Iraq. Much work remains to be done. Godspeed!!

"One small step for man" is all I can say. It's hard to be happy that a human being was destroyed, but I understand why people are rejoicing b/c its the only way to stop this particular mad man. I don't imagine this will quell the violence that much; someone else will take his place. But I'm happy for the Iraqi people.

Richard

That's great news! Now if you can find out where and when he was actually killed - as that was not a picture of someone killed by 2 500lb bombs. This smells like another staged spectacle by Bush Productions. Stay safe.

Hearing an aide couldn't contain his excitment, about al-Zarqaui, gives me more resolve to get through my husband's current deployment. Thank you for your refreshing reporting on the everyday "happenings" in Iraq.

It's nice to know that there are Iraqis out there that understand we are there to help them. You really captured the essence of the moment and excitement in your description...thanks.

Good riddance to a terrorist. That must have been an exciting press conference to be at ... stay safe Richard.

You people who are upset that this man has been killed seriously need to get a reality check. What were we supposed to do, not even go and look for this guy? Let him continue killing innocent Iraqi men, women and children? He got what his cowardly butt deserved and so will the others! Rot, baby - rot!

American thinking: 'eliminate the supposed head and you injure or destroy the organization’, false. If this were the case Israel would have done away with Hamas a long time ago. Most of these groups are unique in that they do not focus around a tactical leader but an ideological leader. Killing the leader does nothing to eliminate the ideology and certainly does not eliminate any tactical leader. One needs to remain extremely cautious. Killing Zarqawi will only mean that we will have made 25 more terrorists that did not exist yesterday.

God Bless our Troops in the Military each and everyone of the. To those that did the mission last night A Salute - for a job well done. We hear on the news that the 4th Inf Div, SF units, and of course the Air Force, and all the coloation forces that were involved in this operation.

Congratulations to the heros that executed a Madman .
Hopefully the Liberal Democrats will also appreciate the hard work of the U.S. Military and support our Troops in the future.