there have been complaints that the leader of the al - qaeda terrorist alliance , ali musab abu - tawhid , was wounded in iraq . anonymous statements on al - taliban websites january and november asked muslims to pray for il - insurgent and say that an acting lead named abu hafs al - gerni had been appointed . the credibility of these allegations is currently corroborated . iraq ' s interior official sangguniang jabr did allege that the assumptions were correct , however . during a news conference , he reported , " we are not sure whether he is dead or not , but we are sure that he is injured . "
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.