Whilst the media whips itself into something of a frenzy about the killing of al Zarqawi, more sober-thinking people pose the critical question - will it make a difference to anything in Iraq?
The NY Times already has it's analysis out:
"The question looming over Mr. Zarqawi's death is how large a blow it deals to the guerrilla movement that he helped drive to such bloody lengths.
The likely answer, according to American and Iraqi officials and experts who have been following Mr. Zarqawi, is this: While his death could significantly degrade the ability of his group, Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, to mount bloody suicide and car bomb attacks, and it could possibly set off a bloody struggle within the organization to succeed him, the insurgency and sectarian war he helped ignite in Iraq will carry on without him.
"Zarqawi may be gone, but the conflagration that he set alight continues to burn," said Bruce Hoffman, a terrorist expert at the Rand Corporation in Washington. "That is the reality. He has already set in motion powerful forces that won't necessarily stop just because he is dead."
Read the full article here.
The NY Times already has it's analysis out:
"The question looming over Mr. Zarqawi's death is how large a blow it deals to the guerrilla movement that he helped drive to such bloody lengths.
The likely answer, according to American and Iraqi officials and experts who have been following Mr. Zarqawi, is this: While his death could significantly degrade the ability of his group, Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, to mount bloody suicide and car bomb attacks, and it could possibly set off a bloody struggle within the organization to succeed him, the insurgency and sectarian war he helped ignite in Iraq will carry on without him.
"Zarqawi may be gone, but the conflagration that he set alight continues to burn," said Bruce Hoffman, a terrorist expert at the Rand Corporation in Washington. "That is the reality. He has already set in motion powerful forces that won't necessarily stop just because he is dead."
Read the full article here.
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