Al-Qaida in Iraq announces new leader

Al-Qaida in Iraq announced in a web statement posted today that a militant named Abu Hamza al-Muhajer was appointed the group’s new leader to succeed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Al-Qaida in Iraq announces new leader
Mon, 12 Jun, 2006 - 16:32

Al-Qaida in Iraq announced in a web statement posted today that a militant named Abu Hamza al-Muhajer was appointed the group’s new leader to succeed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

The name was not immediately known. The name al-Muhajer, Arabic for “immigrant”, suggested he was not Iraqi.

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