04/01/2005 KurdishMedia.com London (KurdishMedia.com) 04 January 2005: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whom the US occupation authorities declared to be the "target number one" in Iraq, has been arrested in the city of Baakuba, reported local Kurdish media.
Al-Zarqawi, leader of the radical Islamic group Al-Tawhid Wa’al-Jihad, whom the US put a bounty of US$10 million, was recently appointed the director of the Al-Qaeda organisation in Iraq.
KurdishMedia.com could not verify the report.
Posted 01-04-2005 10:57:31 (GMT 1-4-2005 16:57:31)
Kurdish sources and media are reporting that Iraqi security forces have captured the wanted Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab Al-Zarkawi. Zarkawi is thought to be the leader of much of the anti-American, Islamist insurgency in Iraq and a local commander for Al-Qaeda.
While official Iraqi sources have yet to confirm or deny, Arabic media outlets throughout the Middle East are repeating the Kurdish reports. IsraelNN.com