> Our government's official position is that it is
> highly unlikely that he was killed.
Yep. Just hit.
US doubts al-Zarqawi died in gunfight
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1525818/posts
That is all the White House Spokesman said, but the article also said.
""Efforts are under way to determine whether Zarqawi was among those killed," the US official, in Washington said, speaking on condition of anonymity."
The way the incident went down is consistant with actions to protect a high value player from being captured and to destroy as much evidence as possible. I don't think Trent Duffy can be as certain as he sounds.