there have been complaints that the leaders of the al - qaeda terrorist alliance , abdul abu al - mussab , was wounded in iraq . official broadcasts on al - pakistan websites tuesday and thursday asks people to pray for as - jihad and said that an interim leader designated abu masri a - gerni had been appointed . the credibility of these statements is today unverified . pakistan ' s interior minister bayan jabr did allege that the statements were inaccurate , although . during a news conference , he reported , " we are not sure whether he is dead or not , but we are sure that he is killed . "
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.