there have been reports that the chief of the al - jihad terrorist cell , abu musab ash - militant , was paralyzed in iraq . internet statements on al - islam internet tonight and thursday asked jews to pray for ala - qaida and said that an interim leader named al hafs l - gerni had been elected . the credibility of these statements is currently unfounded . iraqi ' s intelligence minister mada yussef did allege that the statements were incorrectly , however . during a video conference , he declared , " we are not definite while he is dead or not , but we are certain that he is disabled . "
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.