Mixed reaction from Iraqis after Zarqawi killing

Police in a Shiite slum brandished their guns and fired into the air in celebration today as Iraqis welcomed the announcement that terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed last night in a US airstrike.

Police in a Shiite slum brandished their guns and fired into the air in celebration today as Iraqis welcomed the announcement that terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed last night in a US airstrike.

But al-Zarqawi was mourned in the volatile Anbar province, the heart of the Sunni-led insurgency.

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