[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10448]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      AL-ZARQAWI DOWN, FREEDOM UP

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, sometimes a person's mere existence causes 
death and destruction in this world. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al Qaeda's 
leader in Iraq who has led a bloody, bloody campaign of suicide 
bombings and kidnappings, was killed yesterday by our U.S. forces in an 
air raid north of Baghdad.
  The death of this terrorist breathes new life into our efforts to 
implement democracy in a region desperate for freedom and hungry for 
peace.
  Mr. Speaker, the Iraqi Parliament, as well, made a major breakthrough 
today by appointing officials to lead the country's top security 
ministries, giving Iraq a complete government for the first time since 
their elections in December of 2005.
  Victory in Iraq is not only possible, Mr. Speaker, it is approaching. 
I want to tell my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, our troops 
are putting their lives on the line every day and making the sacrifices 
necessary to ensure safety, security, and a democratic Iraq, which will 
provide a model for a free and representative government in the Middle 
East.
  Mr. Speaker, peace is a product of strength and democracy. We are 
showing strength by eliminating the terrorists and implementing 
democracy which will help root out Islamic extremists in the Middle 
East.

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