{"id":1322,"date":"2006-06-08T17:24:43","date_gmt":"2006-06-08T15:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/08\/al-qaida-terrorist-leader-in-iraq-al-zarqawi-bites-the-dust-in-us-led-air-strike\/"},"modified":"2006-06-08T17:24:43","modified_gmt":"2006-06-08T15:24:43","slug":"al-qaida-terrorist-leader-in-iraq-al-zarqawi-bites-the-dust-in-us-led-air-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/08\/al-qaida-terrorist-leader-in-iraq-al-zarqawi-bites-the-dust-in-us-led-air-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"al-Qaida Terrorist Leader in Iraq, al-Zarqawi Bites the Dust in US-Led Air Strike &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/ZarqawiPlansAttacks.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is rare that this blog will present war news regarding Iraq, but today&#8217;s news is noteworthy for it&#8217;s possible impact on the Terror War beyond only Iraq.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/5058304.stm\"><strong>Zarqawi Killed in Iraq Air Raid<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/MapofZarqawiArea.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpts;<\/p>\n<p>The head of US-led forces in Iraq, General George Casey, said Zarqawi was killed at 1815 (1415 GMT) on Wednesday, in an air strike against an &#8220;isolated safe house&#8230; approximately 8km (five miles) north of Baquba&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Iraqi police were first on the scene after the air strike,&#8221; he said, followed shortly afterwards by coalition forces. <\/p>\n<p>Zarqawi was said to have been in a meeting with associates at the time. Several other people were reported to have been killed in the raid. <\/p>\n<p>General Casey said Zarqawi&#8217;s body was identified through fingerprints, facial recognition and known scars. He promised to give more details on the raid later on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is rare that this blog will present war news regarding Iraq, but today&#8217;s news is noteworthy for it&#8217;s possible impact on the Terror War beyond only Iraq. Zarqawi Killed in Iraq Air Raid Excerpts; The head of US-led forces in Iraq, General George Casey, said Zarqawi was killed at 1815 (1415 GMT) on Wednesday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}