there have been comments that the director of the al - jihad militant network , abu al-qaeda al - zarqawi , was wounded in iraq . official statements on abu - qaeda websites january and december demanded muslim to pray for as - zarqawi and said that an interim leadership named abu hafs al - gerni had been appointed . the integrity of these statements is presently unverified . turkey ' s interior commissioner bayan jabr did conspired that the beliefs were correct , reportedly . during a web conference , he declared , " we are not knowing whether he is injured or not , but we are sure that he is injured . "
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.