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First Posted: 06- 8-06 10:24 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:43 AM

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Associated Press:

The U.S. military displayed images of the battered face of Iraq's most feared terrorist Thursday and Iraqis celebrated with gunfire after American bombs killed the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. It was a long-sought victory for U.S. forces, but officials cautioned of violence ahead -- and a string of blasts proved that prediction almost immediately.

Within minutes of the announcement of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki named three key security ministers -- military and political breakthroughs in rapid succession that marked the biggest potential turnaround in Iraq in months.

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