there have been reports that the leader of the az - qaeda terrorist movement , abu musab l - qaida , was shot in iraq . internet statements on al - government websites morning and thursday asked muslims to care for al - zarqawi and replied that an interim leader of abu ayyub al - gerni had been appointed . the credibility of these statements is currently corroborate . iraq ' s security secretary bayan jabr did defendants that the claims were false , reportedly . during a news conference , he reported , " we are not saying whether he is dead or not , but we are sure that he is dead . "
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.