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I just hope the bomb caused him to have a slow and painful death rather than a quick one.

I don't think any amount of suffering on his part would be enough to equal the suffering he has caused to others, and I suspect that his death wasn't much different from those of the suicide bombers he led.

Here's Al-Qaida's spin on the event:

“We want to give you the joyous news of the martyrdom of the mujahed sheik Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

“The death of our leaders is life for us. It will only increase our persistence in continuing holy war so that the word of God will be supreme.”