Autopsy Complete But Results Withheld...

Washington Post PATRICK QUINN June 12, 2006 at 12:34 AM
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A U.S. military autopsy was finished on Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Sunday, but the findings were not immediately released by American officials.

"The autopsy is completed. However, we are not releasing results yet," Maj. William Willhoite told The Associated Press.

Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said officials were awaiting the results of a DNA test.

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US General Calls Account of Zarqawi Beating "Baloney"...

New York Times RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. June 12, 2006 at 01:09 AM
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The top American commander in Iraq on Sunday rejected as "baloney" an account by an Iraqi witness who said a dying man resembling Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the terrorist leader, had been beaten by American troops after warplanes demolished Mr. Zarqawi's safe house with a pair of bombs on Wednesday evening.

The air assault north of Baghdad in the village of Hibhib, near Baquba, was quick and fierce, but did not immediately kill Mr. Zarqawi. The American military now says he died as troops were trying to save him, after initially saying they found him dead when they arrived.

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