When the military is making the announcement, then you've got something. Sooner or later, Zarqawi's luck was going to run out, and given his alienation of the Sunnis and tribes, I only wonder what took so long. Frankly, I had thought some Iraqis were going to take him out.
This won't stop the terrorism dead, of course. In fact, I suspect that in the near future the attacks will step up, for the obvious reason, but it may have an important psychological effect on the overall Iraqi population, never mind al Qaeda in other places.
The selection of the new ministers, in my opinion, is more critical to the outcome of the war, but I'm waiting to see more analysis on the choices, particularly from Iraqis.
The usual idiots in the media were ready to go with this event.
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Good news.