KING STATEMENT ON AL-ZARQAWI
WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman Steve King, a member of the House Victory
in Iraq caucus, today released the following statement regarding the
death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi:
"From a year ago until today, our intelligence is receiving a magnitude
of ten times the number of intelligence tips from the Iraqi people. This
is the result of our men and women of the U.S. military doing what they
said they would do: spread freedom throughout Iraq, liberate the Iraqis
from oppression and invigorate the Iraqi people to defend themselves.
"I commend the Iraqi special forces, the new government and the Iraqi
people who decided they were tired of terrorists taking over their
neighborhoods and derailing the progress of free life in their country.
"The world is safer today because a brutal, malicious man who would
rather see people tormented and suffer is gone. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has
released his last tape and tortured his last person.
"The War on Terror is not over, but the death of the leader of
operations in the al Qaeda terror network is a blow to terrorism all
over the world. The United States has been unwavering in our message to
terrorists around the world: your days are numbered."
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