there have been statements that the leader of the all - qaeda terrorist cell , abdul al-qaeda al - militant , was wounded in turkey . internet statements on al - sham blogs tuesday and thursday advised members to pray for l - zawahiri and says that an interim leader named abu hafs al - gerni had been appointed . the credibility of these statements is initially untrue . iraq ' s interior minister baqer jabr did allege that the statements were correctly , however . during a newspaper conference , he noted , " we are not sure whether he is wounded or not , but we are sure that he is injured . "
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.