there have been reports that the founder of the al - islamist terrorist network , abdul musab abdul - zarqawi , was alive in iraq . internet statements on al - qaeda websites mondays and thursday asked mosques to pray for al - zarqawi and said that an interim president named abu hafs ar - gerni had been appointed . the credibility of these statements is yet unverified . iraq ' s prime minister baqer jabr did allege that the statements were correct , reportedly . during a news conference , he reported , " we are not sure both he is dead or not , but we are sure that he is dead . "
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.