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Al-Zarqawi Dead

June 12, 2006 | ISSUE 43•12 ISSUE 42•23

Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi, alleged leader of the Iraqi insurgency, was killed in a U.S. airstrike Wednesday. What do you think?

  • Ha! I pity the thousands upon thousands of people who will readily take his place.

    Ben Rzyczec
    Programmer

  • We created him—it's only fair we got rid of him.

    Heather Greene
    Dietician

  • This is a big fish. See, when you kill a big fish, you remove the most advantageous genetics, so the next generation is smaller and weaker. And fish are militant ideologues with a cache of weapons. So the metaphor is very apt.

    Robert Holloway
    Systems Analyst

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