Additional information on the death of Azzam

As noted here, Coalition forces had a major success in ending the sorry life of the No. 2 official in al-Qaida in Iraq.

The current issue of This Week In Iraq (available here in PDF) has some more information on the raid. From pages 1 and 3,

Iraqi Security and Coalition Forces, in a joint operation in Baghdad, killed Abdallah Najim Abdallah Muhammad al-Juwari, otherwise known as Abu Azzam, Abu Selwah, and Wissam, the al Qaida in Iraq (AQIZ) Emir of Baghdad, at approximately 4:50 a.m. Saturday Multiple sources including corroborating information from a close associate of Abu Azzam led Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces to the terrorist safe house where the AQIZ leader was hiding.
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Upon entry to the apartment, security forces found two women and then took fire from two men in an adjacent room. Security forces immediately returned fire, killing one terrorist and wounding another. The women were unharmed in the firefight.
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Recently captured terrorists have said Azzam was as important, if not more so, than Abu Musab al Zarqawi. As Zarqawi continues to run and hide throughout Iraq, Azzam provided both misguided spiritual (false Jihad) and operational direction and controlled all finances for AQIZ. He would allocate monies to the various sub-organizations and personnel within the AQIZ network.
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A recently captured AQIZ member reported that Azzam wanted to meet on numerous occasions with Zarqawi, but the most wanted terrorist would not allow it, most likely due to the risk of Zarqawi’s capture. Allegedly Zarqawi stated that Azzam was too important to risk a meeting, according to the detainee.

It's a sign of how effective US and Iraqi intelligence is, and of the threat Coalition forces are able to pose, that these top terrorists feel even getting together for a meeting is too dangerous.