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US reports death of Zarqawi aide as senators demand Rumsfeld’s head

A top aide to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, head of the Al-Qaeda operation in Iraq and accused of masterminding high-profile suicide bombings in the country, has been killed by Iraqi security forces, defense officials have confirmed. But the battlefield success hardly impressed two leading US senators, who on Sunday questioned the Pentagon’s handling of the situation in Iraq and said they no longer had confidence in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.Full Story