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This is good news.
Naturally I have no doubt that th violenve will continue, and it will probably continue for quite a while, but that's expected to happen until everything eventually settles. In this case it never hurts to knock out a known terrorist.
In regards to the issue of martyrdom, I think it's a bit of a moot point. What are the issues? On one hand you can claim that people will be rising up for their martyr, but they do that anyway. If you liked Zarqawi, chances are his death didn't change your opinion of his much. If you didn't like him, odds are that his death isn't going to start converting him for being a martyr. People have already chosen their sides, and I personally believe that if you knock out a highly publicised 'leader' then people will be less inclined to start joining up with that group.
I suppose in my opinion this is nothing but a good thing. A bad man died, I don't believe there will be any real ramifications to the killing of Zarqawi aside from the fact that he's not around to do any more harm.
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I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well."
Emo Philips
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