Amateur Megalomania

When reading the initial reports about Zarqawi, my only regret was that he probably died too quickly to notice that it even happened. I wanted him to have a moment to at least recognize his fate, and it would have been even sweeter if he died looking up at an American soldier.

To borrow a phrase – God is great!

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was alive on a stretcher when U.S. troops first reached him after an airstrike near Baquba, a U.S. military spokesman said Friday.

Iraq’s most wanted terrorist mumbled something indistinguishable and tried to move before he died, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Bill Caldwell told reporters.

I hope those soldiers smiled at him.

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