Al-Zarqawi's number-two killed in Baghdad

US defence officials in Washington today confirmed that Abu Azzam, a leading deputy to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida’s leader in Iraq, has been killed.

The US network CBS News, quoting Pentagon officials, reported that American forces killed Azzam in a house raid in Baghdad on Sunday. CBS described Azzam as Zarqawi’s top deputy, in control of financing foreign fighters coming into Iraq.