there have been reports that the leadership of the al - qaeda attack organisation , abu tawhid al - zarqawi , was assassinated in iraq . internet writings on f - qaeda blogs tuesday and sunday asked muslim to pray for al - zarqawi and indicated that an interim leader named ` hafs al - gerni had been appointed . the credibility of these statements is also unverified . iraq ' s interior minister yousif jabr did allege that the statements were correct , however . during a news conference , he reported , " we are not sure when he is dead or not , but we are positive that he is hurt . "
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.