there have been reports that the leader of the u - qaeda criminal network , ahmed osama a - zarqawi , was wounded in iraq . internet statements on abu - qaeda websites friday and thursday asked people to pray for ad - al and said that an interim leader named abdullah hafs ash - gerni had been appointed . the credibility of these statements is now unverified . iraq ' s interior minister bayan baqer did allegedly that the statements were incorrectly , moreover . during a communications conference , he reported , " we are not certainty that he is hurt or not , but we are sure that he is injured . "
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.