This is by far the biggest blow to al Qaeda that the U.S. has been able to inflict. I think the coming months/year of observed al Qaeda activity without one of their top men will tell us a lot about how the organization functions. Is it a vertical organization that requires specific instructions passed down a chain of command and which will be severely crippled by the blow, or is it a horizontal organization with autonomous cells, as many believe, that can continue to function for sometime without instructions from a central body? The answer will also, I believe, dictate what effect this has on the strength of the insurgency in Iraq, and the ability of the Iraqi government and the U.S. to bring order to the country.
Zarqawi dead
June 8, 2006
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