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  • Al-Zarqawi underling emerges as force behind Fallujah insurgency

    11/21/2004 4:11:13 PM PST · by LibWhacker · 9 replies · 2,103+ views
    Knight Ridder (via Kansas City Star) ^ | 11/21/04 | Hannah Allam
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - (KRT) - A mid-30s Iraqi electrician whose religious fervor drew suspicion from Saddam Hussein's agents long before U.S. forces invaded Iraq became the most-feared man in Fallujah during the city's six months under insurgent control. While U.S. official pronouncements about rebel leaders have focused on Jordanian terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, rebel fighters and others who escaped the U.S. assault on Fallujah say the real power there was wielded by Omar Hussein Hadid, technically al-Zarqawi's underling but in fact the Iraqi face that allowed al-Zarqawi to remain there. "Inside Fallujah, Omar was the leader. Even Abu Musab...