Bush’s lucky break

After three long years of somber and often depressing news from Iraq – where by mid-June, according to Pentagon sources, the American military death count had reached the landmark total of 2,500 – the situation took a dramatic turn with the death of the most wanted man in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.Zarqawi was believed to be responsible for many attacks against American, coalition and Iraqi forces, as well as for the killing of Iraqi military, security and police recruits. International intelligence agencies suspect Zarqawi was also responsible for the gruesome beheading of several hostages. He was a meticulously savage man intent on igniting a civil war between Iraq’s Sunni and Shiite communities.The US made it a priority to find Zarqawi and offered a $25 million reward for information leading to his capture. Jordan also had its reasons to want Zarqawi’s head, after he was blamed for bomb attacks in three