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  • Qaeda in Iraq confirms Zarqawi's death - Web site ~~ Reuter's Wire

    06/08/2006 6:51:07 AM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 81 replies · 1,661+ views
    Reuters ^ | Thu Jun 8, 2006 1:29 PM GMT | Reuters staff
    DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in Iraq confirmed on Thursday the death of the group's leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi and vowed to maintain its fight against the U.S. occupation and the Baghdad government, according to a Web statement. "We herald the martyrdom of our mujahid (warrior) Sheikh Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq... and we stress that this is an honour to our nation," said a statement on an Islamist Web site, signed by Zarqawi's deputy, Abu Abdulrahman al-Iraqi. The group also renewed its support for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden had declared Zarqawi his deputy in...