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Re:Zarqawi–End of Terror Comes With Troops Coming Home

Mr. al-Zarqawi only represented a small portion of the large and growing anti-American insurgency in Iraq, so his killing is unlikely to end the violence in Iraq.

According to a January 2005 estimate by Iraqi intelligence service director General Mohamed Abdullah Shahwani, Zarqawi’s group is a mere sliver of the non-Baathist insurgency, while Baathists make up the majority of armed insurgents.

The only way to end the daily attacks on US troops and innocent Iraqis is to end the war in Iraq and bring all our troops home in a quick and orderly manner.

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