Related: Al-Qaida's chief Zarqawi killed

An image taken from TV footage shows what the U.S. military in Iraq said is a picture of a dead Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, at a televised news conference in Baghdad June 8, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters photo)

   BAGHDAD, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military released a picture of slain Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted terrorist and al Qaida's leader in Iraq, on Thursday.

    Major General Bill Caldwell, spokesman for the U.S. forces in Iraq, showed the image of a bearded Zarqawi at a televised news conference in Baghdad. He was killed during a U.S. air strike near Baquba, 60 km north of Baghdad, on Wednesday.

   Two F-16 warplanes dropped two 500-pound bombs on the safe house where al-Zarqawi was killed along with his seven followers, Caldwell said. Enditem

A U.S. soldier stands next to the picture of the dead al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, during a news conference at the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad June 8, 2006. (Xinhua photo)