[oldbrowser]

Zarqawi was never a general of Osama he has his own network that is totally seperate from al-Qaeda the origional network

That is the prevailing wisdom. I suspect that there is some unseen movers behind the scenes (not necessarily OBL). It seems to me that there is a lot of order for a grass roots movement to be so well coordinated worldwide without some centralization.

[jmc1969]

He built up his network from the late 90s. He is/was the symbolic head of his organization, but for the most part they act seperate from his orders.