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Old Thursday, June 08, 2006
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June 8, 2006:


1) Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the mastermind behind hundreds of bombings, kidnappings and beheadings in Iraq, was killed Wednesday evening by an air strike northwest of Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Thursday. (Washington Post)


2) US President George W. Bush said that he would discuss the future of the US presence in Iraq on Tuesday, with top US diplomatic and military aides and Iraq's newly completed government. (AFP via Yahoo! News)


3) Iraq's parliament has approved the premier's choices to head the country's crucial defense and interior ministries, giving the country a complete government for the first time since December's election. (AFP via Yahoo! News)


4) Tony Blair has said that he had "no illusions" that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death would alone lead to stability in Iraq but welcomed it as a blow to Al-Qaeda everywhere. (AFP via Yahoo! News)


5) It was an impressive double whammy for Iraq's new prime minister: first announcing the death of the country's most notorious terrorist, then getting approval for his government's final, key posts. (AP via Yahoo! News)



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