Zarqawi Dead

It will be interesting to see what happens to Al Qaeda in Iraq now that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is gone. Presumably they'll pick a new leader and continue. The effect on the insurgency may not be great, however, since Iraqi Sunnis already were embarrassed by Jordanian-born Zarqawi's bloody tactics and civil-war impulses, and wished him gone. As civil war ramped up over the last six months, American casualties declined. With Zarqawi gone, the focus may be on killing Americans, now more than ever.