Official: Al-Zarqawi Eluded U.S. in Raid
U.S. forces in Iraq believe they just missed capturing most-wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a February raid that netted two of his associates, a senior U.S. military official said Tuesday.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050426/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_terror_suspect
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Coincides with this article posted nearly a week ago:
Reports reveal Zarqawi nuclear threat
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Senior U.S. intelligence and security officials said in congressional testimony in February that a terrorist attack with weapons of mass destruction -- nuclear, chemical or biological arms -- is likely. CIA Director Porter J. Goss said such a terrorist strike "may be only a matter of time."
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050419-102106-5456r.htm
Adding on to one I posted this previously:
Wed 20 Apr 2005
3:14pm (UK)
Terror Chief 'Has Obtained Nuclear Weapon'
By Victoria Ward, PA, in New York
Al Qaida terror chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has obtained a nuclear weapon or dirty bomb and is preparing for attack, according to intelligence reports, a newspaper claimed today.
In February, CIA chief Porter Goss warned that it was “only a matter of time” before groups such as al Qaida attempted a biological, chemical or nuclear attack.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4427561