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Fri 06 Jun 2006Fears killing may lead to retaliatory attacks
IRAQ: There were fears last night in Iraq that the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted Sunni Muslim militant in the country, could lead to a spike in attacks on US and Iraqi targets by his faction in retaliation for his assassination. Operations by Iraqi nationalist and fundamentalist groups will continue.
His demise was announced yesterday by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who said Zarqawi and several lieutenants had been killed in a US air strike. Zarqawi is credited with scores of bombings of civilian and military targets, kidnappings and beheadings of Iraqis and foreigners.
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