Reply #13: AFP link: Iraqi Security Forces hunting al Zarqawi WTF?? [View All]

[maddezmom]

Another reason for the Fallujah operation was to capture Iraq (news - web sites)'s most wanted man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose Al-Qaeda-linked group was allegedly operating out of the city. But he is now believed to have escaped before the US-led assault began on November 8.


Iraqi security forces said Tuesday they were focusing their hunt for Zarqawi, who has a 25 million dollar US bounty on his head, on an area in north-central Iraq after receiving a tip-off.


Zarqawi's group has claimed responsibility for many of the most ferocious attacks in Iraq, including car bombings, kidnappings and beheadings of hostages.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041123/wl_afp/iraq&cid=1512&ncid=1480
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Just like with OBL, the US Military turns over the hunt for Iraq's #1 enemy to fledgling forces.