Al-Qaida No. 2 acknowledges on broadcast the death of Zarqawi

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- A new video broadcast Friday showed al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri's first public acknowledgment of the death of al-Qaida's Iraqi leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
In the video on Al-Jazeera television, Al-Zawahri called al-Zarqawi -- who was killed in a June 7 U.S. airstrike -- a soldier, an Islamic cleric and a prince of martyrs.
The video clip on the Qatari-based TV channel showed al-Zawahri in a white robe and black turban, with a picture of a smiling al-Zarqawi over his left shoulder.
The last video broadcast of al-Zawahri appeared to have been made the day after a May 29 accident in which a U.S. military truck crashed into traffic in Kabul, killing up to five people.
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