The #1 news story: Al Zarqawi’s Number Two Man Killed
Via Ace of Spades

The No. 2 al Qaeda leader in Iraq was killed Sunday night, U.S. officials say. Abu Azzam, reportedly the deputy to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, was shot during a house rain(*) in Baghdad, according to Pentagon officials.

As the aide to Zarqawi, Azzam was reportedly in control of financing foreign fighters coming into Iraq, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.

(*I suppose they mean a house raid)
This is importante news, and has long-range consequences. What are the media going to be yammering about instead?

This. The Anchoress asks, Can a posing session for Playboy be far behind?