Al-Zarqawi 'killed in Baghdad airstrike'

Iraqi prime minister Nouri Maliki was expected to make an important announcement at a news conference in Baghdad today, one of his advisers said.

Al-Maliki adviser Adnan al-Kazimi said he had heard a report that Jordanian terrorism mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may have been killed late yesterday in Baghdad. Al-Kazimi said he could not confirm the report.