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Tuesday, January 04, 2005

al-Zarqawi in Custody?

A rumor that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been arrested in Iraq began here: a tenuous report from ITAR-TASS. China Daily is now echoing the claim, lending it some believability:

Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi, whom the US occupation authorities declared to be the “target number one” in Iraq, has been arrested in the city of Baakuba, the Emirate newspaper al-Bayane reported on Tuesday referring to Kurdish sources.

Al-Zarqawi, leader of the terrorist group Al-Tawhid Wa’al-Jihad, was recently appointed the director of the Al-Qaeda organisation in Iraq.

Posted on January 4, 2005 09:16 AM. Permalink