Washington, D.C. - Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO) a member of the House Armed Services Committee today issued the following statement on the death of Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi:
"The killing of Zarqawi is a coalition success of both symbolic and strategic significance and is great news for the people of Iraq and their new democratically elected government.
"While there is satisfaction in seeing justice brought to a man responsible for horrible acts of brutality, the killing of this terrorist is also significant when it comes to disruption of the al Qaeda network."
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