Al-Zarqawi Autopsy
Al-Zarqawi Autopsy
It's reported that Zarqawi died of blast injuries. This is expected to end the claims of eye witness reports that say Zarqawi was beaten to death on arrival.
The official story had changed to Zarqawi was dead at the scene with 6 of his aids dead. Then it was Zarqawi was alive but died shortly after. 3 women and 3 men died, no children, with lingerie being found at the scene. Then it was Zarqawi was alive, then taken out the ambulence and beaten to death. A 6-7 year old girl died at the scene.
The reports of lingerie likely came before to make people speculate that the women had a connection to Zarqawi, rather than being innocent civilians (women/child) that died in the US 1000 pounds of bombs attack.
The autopsy report says that Zarqawi dead of multiple blast related wounds like damanged lungs are to blame for his death. Reportedly he was pulled out of the rubble, so exactly how the surgeon can differenciate blunt force wounds and blast/rubble wounds is the question. As always the US says the autopsy is the final word of infallable evidence and should end all possible questions/possibilities of what had occured.
CNN reports that it ends speculation about firearms being used but it does not end any speculation of the eye witness acounts, which say he was beaten to death, not shot to death.