So i’m sure that this was the missile strike heard around the world, but even in all the nearly identical reports that i’ve read thus far, there are a couple of other details mentioned in some that are not in mentioned in others–such as this:
Seven other people were also killed in the blast, including two women..
MOst of the time the reports just say this:
“Coalition forces killed al Qaeda terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and one of his key lieutenants, spiritual adviser [Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Iraqi], yesterday, June 7, at about 6:15 in the evening.”
I don’t suppose its right of me to think about the other peopel that died–were thy innocent, were they guilty, or does anyone even give a shit? If you killed 7 people to get to Z. then perhaps, from a utilitarian standpoint that’s OK–since you prevented the deaths and suffering of even more people that would have happened had Zarqawi continued to live and do what he does best. And yet this form of justice–what can i say? this is the world we are living in now.
[tags]iraq, zarqawi, US, war, politics [/tags]
