Word: al-zarqawi
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...death of Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi last week allows both the government and the insurgent mainstream to adopt a new narrative in which sectarian bloodletting can be blamed on a foreign element that is being liquidated, leaving Iraqis to resolve their differences politically and forge a new consensus. In fact, Zarqawi's elimination - and claims that U.S. and Iraqi forces have followed up with a damaging crackdown on Qaeda cells around Baghdad - has coincided with Maliki's moves towards reconciliation with the Sunnis, including the release of some 2,500 prisoners suspected of aiding the insurgents...
Several Islamic militant websites Monday announced Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi's successor at the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. One site, called Without Borders, said the new leader, Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, is an "experienced fighter." The name was not immediately known and could be a new pseudonym. "Mujaher" means "immigrant," which could indicate that the new chief for Zarqawi's organization is, like Zarqawi himself, from outside of Iraq...
...Bombing of Shiite Shrine in Samarra, north of Baghdad. Iraqi insurgents deny a connection, but the Iraqi government blames al-Zarqawi...
...April 25: A video of al-Zarqawi surfaces on the Internet, calling the U.S.'s presence in Iraq a "crusader" campaign and urging Muslims to defend their faith...
...June 7: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi dies on a stretcher following a U.S. military air strike in which two 500 lb. bombs were dropped from an F-16 on the safehouse where he was staying (in Habhib village, about 3 miles north of Baquba, which is 20 miles northeast of Baghdad...