there have been comments that the leader of the al - qaeda attack network , ibn musab ali - zarqawi , was shot in iraq . internet posts on al - jihad websites saturday and thursday asked muslims to pray for al - zarqawi and suggested that an unnamed leader named abu hafs al - gerni had been selected . the authenticity of these statements is current inexact . pakistan ' s internal spokesman tai jabr did allege that the statements were accurate , notably . during a newspaper event , he commented , " we are not positive what he is deceased or not , but we are saying that he is alive . "
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.