You Won't Be Able to Buy Life Insurance in This Job

If you do a job that's considered too dangerous, life insurance companies won't even talk to you. Such is the case if you're the next unlucky contestant for the job of head of al-Qaeda in Iraq. Captain Ed tells us another one bites the dust:

CENTCOM announced minutes ago that one of the men expected to take the place of the now-room temperature Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has also reached thermal equilibrium near Baghdad. The spokesman for the military briefed reporters on the death of Sheikh Mansur, displaying before and after mug shots of the dead terrorist and explained his significance to the insurgent network in Iraq. So far, none of the wire services have picked up the story; I will fill in the details as they become available.

The next guy might as well strap on a suicide vest and get it over with.