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...Counterterrorism experts believe that the old al-Qaeda organization commanded by bin Laden may be expiring and that a new, more elusive generation of extremists apparently inspired by al-Qaeda's ruthless vision--men like Jamal Zougam, 30, a cell-phone salesman arrested for the Madrid bombings, and Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, 37, the Jordanian suspected of orchestrating violence in Iraq--has taken up the banner. Barely recognizable even to officials who make a living tracking terrorists, the new jihadists proved in Madrid that they can evade detection while they hatch their plots. And no one knows where they will...
...officials have sought to lay the blame for the bloodshed on foreign terrorists. They point to a call for instigating civil strife that was contained in an intercepted letter allegedly written by Jordanian terrorist chieftain Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi. Said Bremer: "We know they did this as part of an effort to promote sectarian violence among Muslims ... because they believe that is the only way to stop Iraq's march toward the democracy terrorists fear." In the aftermath of Tuesday's carnage, Iraqi leaders of all stripes were quick to urge their constituents not to turn on ethnic or religious...
TIME: You have said you believe Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi is behind the recent violence. Are some of his foot soldiers Iraqis? What will it take to stop the killing...
...Ministry of Interior estimates, exceeding the number of U.S. soldiers who have lost their lives (547 since March 20). One tantalizing possibility is that al-Qaeda may be fueling the attacks. In mid-January, U.S. officials intercepted a letter they believe was written by al-Qaeda operative Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, who is thought to be based somewhere inside Iraq. The letter characterizes Iraq's new security forces as "the eyes, ears and hand of the occupier" and says they should be targeted "before their power strengthens...
brothers, leaders of Jihad." The author, U.S. military officials have concluded, was Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, whom U.S. intelligence believes is al-Qaeda's top operative in Iraq. If the memo is what Washington says it is, and if its author is not exaggerating, then al-Qaeda has played a greater role in the insurgency in Iraq than anyone has appreciated. The letter's author claims to have overseen 25 suicide attacks against various targets in Iraq, which would constitute almost all such assaults since the U.S. rolled into Iraq...