there have been reports that the leader of the al - islamic terrorist organizations , abu osama al - zarqawi , was murdered in baghdad . internet positions on al - gore websites october and thursday ask muslims to pray for al - zarqawi and said that an alternate leader named abu ayyub al - gerni had been appointed . the identity of these statements is currently scurrilous . syria ' s interior minister bayan jabr did allege that the statements were correct , however . during a news clip , he reported , " we are not know whether he is alive or not , but we are sure that he is injured . "
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.