Zarqawi Died of Blast Injuries

The autopsy on al-Zarqawi indicates that he died as a result of blast injuries from the bombing:

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi lived for 52 minutes after a U.S. warplane bombed his hideout northeast of Baghdad, and he died of extensive internal injuries consistent with those caused by a bomb blast, the U.S. military said Monday.

Col. Steve Jones, command surgeon for Multinational Forces, said an autopsy concluded that al-Zarqawi died from serious injuries to his lungs. An FBI test positively identified al-Zarqawi's remains.

Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Baghdad, said U.S. forces arrived about 28 minutes after a fighter jet bombed al-Zarqawi's hideout outside Baqouba on Wednesday. Medics secured al-Zarqawi's airway but his breathing was shallow and labored, and he expelled blood from his mouth.

"It was very evident he had extremely massive internal injuries," Caldwell said.

Al-Zarqawi died 24 minutes after coalition forces arrived, he said.

The AP already ran one now discredited report that the Zarkman was beaten to death by U.S. forces (an "eyewitness" report from someone who couldn't possibly have seen what happened), and of course there's already speculation among the nutroots that Zarqawi was shot (also not true).

Here's what I expect to hear next:
1. The nuts will claim that Zarqawi was "tortured" because he lived 52 minutes after the bombing and wasn't immediately rushed to a hospital for treatment.
2. Zarqawi's mother will camp out in Crawford, TX this summer.