"Got the motherfucker" Part 3

Zarqawi died when US planes dropped two 500lb (230kg) bombs on a site near the city of Baquba. He was identified by fingerprints, tattoos and scars.

The US struck after receiving specific tip-off says the BBC in this revised sequence of events.The children's cartoons on al-Sharqiya TV stopped and al-Iraqiya TV interrupted its regular cookery programme to announce the news - must have upset a few kids and cooks.

The scene switched to Baghdad, as Iraqi networks ran the news conference live. Viewers saw Prime Minister Nouri Maliki make the announcement at 0742 GMT:

"Today al-Zarqawi has been killed." The announcement was followed by applause and cheering.

1. Jordanian intelligence reportedly assisted the US-led operation

2. Zarqawi traced to isolated safe house approximately 8km north of Baquba, north east of Baghdad

3. US aircraft launched air strike at about 1815 (Saturday ?) dropping dropped two 500 lb (230kg) which are typically launched as JDAM's

4. The militant leader was reportedly holding a meeting with associates, including spiritual adviser Sheikh Abd-al-Rahman, at time of raid, several others were reportedly killed.

5. Although Iraqi police were first on the scene, followed by troops from the Multi-National Division North Zarqawi's the Press Conferences have been run by the US.

6. Identity confirmed by fingerprints, facial recognition and known scars but no mention has been made of the number of legs. A photo accompanied the latest briefing of an apparently sleeping / dead man - although other reports claim corpses were burnt beyond recognition.(see BBC pic)

If you go to CNN here you can see the cockpit video of the airstrike on Mr Z... or at least what the Iraqi Government say is the strike etc.,