I woke up this morning and checked CNN.com only to see the following:
Wowsers. CNN has the developing details. This is huge.
UPDATE: Captain Ed and Mark in Mexico have further details and analysis. My first impression is that, while this is a big victory for Coalition forces, it is an even bigger win for Iraqi security forces (who were the first to arrive on-scene and confirm that al Zarqawi is dead) and a huge propaganda win for the nascent Iraqi government. Most important of all, it is a victory for the Iraqi people, as direct humint apparently lead to this strike, which means that there are many in Iraq that place freedom from tyrrany over their own fears of reprisals.
Doug, Doug, Gray Doug