Abu Azzam was the putative heir to Shaykh Azzam who was mentor to Osama Bin Laden. The loss of anyone named Azzam would be a terrific blow to the terrorists.
Interesting that people here are having the same response to this news that the people on DU and other liberal boards are having. I think we have hit the point were everyone is tired with the war and want it gone so even good news doesn't seem to help anything now adays.