Al-Zarqawi 'likely to be still alive'

A top US commander in Iraq said today that he has “absolutely no reason to believe” that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, died in a weekend raid in Mosul.

Al-Zarqawi 'likely to be still alive'
Tue, 22 Nov, 2005 - 16:06

A top US commander in Iraq said today that he has “absolutely no reason to believe” that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, died in a weekend raid in Mosul.

Lieutenant General John Vines, chief of the Multi-National Corps Iraq, also confirmed that US officials have the ability to determine if al-Zarqawi was there.

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