US President George W. Bush described Zarqawi's death as "a severe blow to al-Qaeda" and voiced hope that it would help turn the tide in the campaign against the insurgency in Iraq.
Američki predsjednik George W. Bush opisao je Zarqawievu smrt kao "težak udarac al-Qaedi" i izrazio nadu kako će to pomoći da dođe do preokreta u kampanji protiv pobune u Iraku.