<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: News &amp; Videos about Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Abu_Musab_al_Zarqawi</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Abu Musab al-Zarqawi from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:56:14 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: News &amp; Videos about Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Abu_Musab_al_Zarqawi</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Abu Musab al-Zarqawi from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Bin Laden message offers timing, location clues</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/30/nasr/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/30/nasr/index.html</guid><description>The latest recording by Osama bin Laden, which eulogizes terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, displays al Qaeda's public relations acumen, confidence and traditional Muslim identity.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>On tape, bin Laden mourns al-Zarqawi's death</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/30/binladen.tape/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/30/binladen.tape/index.html</guid><description>An audio message posted Friday on an Islamic Web site purports to be the voice of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, grieving over the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and taunting President Bush.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda No. 2 mourns al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/23/zawahiri.video/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/23/zawahiri.video/index.html</guid><description>Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, says in a videotape aired Friday that he grieves over the death of al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A question of identity</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/06/23/schuster.column/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/06/23/schuster.column/index.html</guid><description>The man who might be the new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. The 20th hijacker. Two men called Mohammad Khan.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi's successor already an enigma</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/14/new.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/14/new.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>A week after the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, U.S. military and intelligence don't have a concrete answer as to who his successor is -- or if he even exists.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi killed by blast injuries, autopsy shows</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/12/zarqawi.autopsy/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/12/zarqawi.autopsy/index.html</guid><description>Blast injuries killed terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi after a coalition airstrike hit his safe house, the U.S. military said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi successor reportedly named</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/12/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/12/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Al Qaeda in Iraq has named a successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the terrorist leader killed in a U.S. airstrike last week north of Baghdad, Islamist Web sites said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will his death bring a troop drawdown?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/time.cover/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/time.cover/index.html</guid><description>It has been 39 months since the U.S. invaded Iraq, and after so many turned corners have led to dead ends, President Bush wisely shunned any predictions about how much good would come from the elimination of al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda in Iraq vows to 'shake the enemy'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/al.qaeda.threat/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/al.qaeda.threat/index.html</guid><description>In a statement posted on an Islamist Web site on Sunday, al Qaeda in Iraq threatened "large-scale operations that will shake the enemy and rob them of sleep."</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Autopsy performed on al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.al.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.al.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>An autopsy was being carried out Saturday on the body of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, killed Wednesday in a U.S. airstrike, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 11:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Arab press: Violence to continue</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/zarqawi.arab.reaction/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/zarqawi.arab.reaction/index.html</guid><description>The Arab world expects the violence in Iraq to continue even after killing Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, according to most Arab newspapers.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Curfew ordered after al-Zarqawi killed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi police imposed a curfew Friday in Baghdad and in the Diyala province, where bombs from U.S. warplanes Thursday killed the most-wanted man in Iraq, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who's next?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/schuster.column/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/schuster.column/index.html</guid><description>The first time I heard Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's name was in early 2002.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cell phone tracking helped find al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.al.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.al.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>Intelligence from cell phone technology helped U.S. forces find and kill Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, said an Iraqi army colonel Friday in an exclusive interview with CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Painstaking' operation led to al-Zarqawi </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.al.zarqawi.1929/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.al.zarqawi.1929/index.html</guid><description>Betrayal inside his al Qaeda in Iraq terror group led to success in a painstaking U.S.-led operation to kill Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the U.S. military said on Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Military was confident al-Zarqawi's time was up </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/btsc.damon.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/btsc.damon.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>"Damn," I thought to myself after hearing the news that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been killed. "I should have listened to them."</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Bin Laden might find relief in al-Zarqawi's death</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/bergen.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/bergen.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>Osama bin Laden and his number two man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, would have first met Abu Musab al-Zarqawi around 1999, just after he had been released from a Jordanian jail and made his way to Afghanistan.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>World reacts to al-Zarqawi death</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/zarqawi.reax/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/zarqawi.reax/index.html</guid><description>Select quotes from various reactions to the death of the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi:</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: After al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/feedback.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/feedback.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>President Bush hailed the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as a "severe blow to al Qaeda," and an opportunity for Iraq to "turn the tide" against the insurgency that has plagued the country since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. CNN.com asked readers to send their thoughts on how al-Zarqawi's death will affect the war in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Airstrike ends weeks of hunting for al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/zarqawi.strike/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/zarqawi.strike/index.html</guid><description>Two 500-pound bombs ended the hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted insurgent in Iraq, and the man behind some of the grisliest terrorist attacks of the war.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Serwer: Two good plays for today's skittish markets</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/08/commentary/streetlife/streetlife/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/08/commentary/streetlife/streetlife/index.htm</guid><description>Interesting to see what the implications of Al Zarqawi's death will be for markets (oil and stocks) and global politics. Hope it's good news, but we can't overreact. The markets need some good news right about now, since sentiment is turning ugly.  Asian markets got slammed yesterday. Europe looks weak today but not as bad as it might have been without news of Zarqawi. And, of course, the Euro bank raised rates today, too.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi death seen as one victory in long war</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/zarqawi.insurgency/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/zarqawi.insurgency/index.html</guid><description>While the death of al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a blow to the insurgency in Iraq, even top U.S. military leaders see it as one battle won in a long war.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rate-hike concerns drag futures</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/08/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/08/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</guid><description>Concerns about rising interest rates hit stock futures despite a drop in oil prices on news of the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scars used to identify al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.zarqawius/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.zarqawius/index.html</guid><description>Scars and fingerprints were used by U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq to identify the body of insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, officials said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How al-Zarqawi shaped his insurgency</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/al.zarqawi.profile/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/al.zarqawi.profile/index.html</guid><description>In a horrifying videotape seen around the world, a masked figure brutally beheaded American Nicholas Berg.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. military: Al-Zarqawi was alive after bombing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.al.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.al.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was alive when U.S. troops reached the mortally wounded terrorist leader after a U.S. bombing raid, a U.S. general told Fox News on Friday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: Al-Zarqawi steps up attacks on Iraqi civilians</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Al Qaeda in Iraq is increasingly attacking civilians, a U.S. military spokesman said Thursday, blaming terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi for inciting violence between Sunnis and Shiites in Baghdad.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 08:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Terror by the numbers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/05/schuster.column/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/05/schuster.column/index.html</guid><description>The troika of terror is saturating the airwaves and Internet, each ostensibly delivering his take on three years of war and insurgency in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 13:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: Outtakes show al-Zarqawi as poor gunman</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.al.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.al.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>Terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is seen as a less-than-accomplished gunman on a "complete" version of last week's Web video, according to a U.S. military commander.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 15:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi video 'act of desperation'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/27/iraq.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/27/iraq.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>The appearance of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a Web video is "an act of desperation," according to a U.S. military official.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Defiant al-Zarqawi shows face on video</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/25/zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/25/zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi surfaced Tuesday in a Web site video, defending the insurgent fight, exhorting followers to keep the faith and mocking the U.S.-led effort in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi gains ground</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/16/schuster.column/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/16/schuster.column/index.html</guid><description>Iraq is on a knife-edge, bleeding and possibly headed to civil war, if not already there.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>FBI puts al-Zarqawi high on its list</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/24/zarqawi.mostwanted/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/24/zarqawi.mostwanted/index.html</guid><description>The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq has been placed on an FBI list of top terrorism suspects who haven't been charged with crimes in the United States but are wanted for questioning.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi 'wanted' by Interpol</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/28/zarqawi.interpol/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/28/zarqawi.interpol/index.html</guid><description>Interpol, the international police agency, issued an "international wanted persons notice" Wednesday for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of al Qaeda in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Al-Zarqawi caught, released</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/15/zarqawi.captured/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/15/zarqawi.captured/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi security forces caught the most wanted man in the country last year, but released him because they didn't know who he was, the Iraqi deputy minister of interior said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. doubts Mosul attack hit al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/20/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/20/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. military is conducting tests to determine whether terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was among those killed in a weekend raid in northern Iraq, but a White House official called that prospect "highly unlikely."</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi's home</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/18/al-zarqawi.jordan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/18/al-zarqawi.jordan/index.html</guid><description>There was a boom, then another. They were definitely explosions. We scrambled out to the balcony of our hotel.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Voice on tape: Jordanians not targeted</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/18/zarqawi.jordan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/18/zarqawi.jordan/index.html</guid><description>A man believed to be Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, said the terror group did not target Jordanian civilians in the November 9 hotel bombings that killed 59 people.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>In wake of hotel blasts, 11 officials fired</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/15/jordan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/15/jordan/index.html</guid><description>Eleven officials in Jordan's royal court were fired Tuesday by King Abdullah II, Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi and al Qaeda in Jordan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/11/zarqawi.jordan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/11/zarqawi.jordan/index.html</guid><description>The last time I was here, in April 2004, it was to cover a story about how Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was behind a plot to blow up locations around this city, possibly killing tens of thousands.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda in Iraq: Letter to al-Zarqawi a fake</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/13/alqaeda.letter/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/13/alqaeda.letter/index.html</guid><description>Al Qaeda in Iraq said Thursday a letter purportedly from Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a fake, according to a statement on several Islamist Web sites.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2005 18:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq insurgency 101</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/12/schuster.column/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/12/schuster.column/index.html</guid><description>A security alert in New York's subways. A major speech by President Bush. A purported letter from one of the world's top terrorists to another. There's a common thread to all these stories -- the Iraqi insurgency.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi: Katrina an answer to prayers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/11/zarqawi.message/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/11/zarqawi.message/index.html</guid><description>An Islamist Web site on Sunday posted a recording from al Qaeda's leader in Iraq saying Hurricane Katrina was an answer to the prayers of Iraqis and Afghans who have suffered under U.S. occupation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The new bin Laden?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/29/new.bin.Laden.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/29/new.bin.Laden.tm/index.html</guid><description>Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, was rumored to be gravely injured or dead just a few months ago.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspected leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq captured</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/14/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/14/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S.-led coalition forces have captured two alleged leaders of the insurgent group al Qaeda in Iraq, including a man suspected in the death of an Egyptian envoy, an American military spokesman said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi mentor back in custody</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/05/jordan.arrest.mentor/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/05/jordan.arrest.mentor/index.html</guid><description>Jordanian authorities have re-arrested the spiritual mentor of the most wanted terrorist in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to the Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya networks.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2005 02:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspected Saudi terrorist reportedly killed in Iraq</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/23/saudi.killed/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/23/saudi.killed/index.html</guid><description>One of Saudi Arabia's most-wanted terrorist suspects was killed recently in battle with U.S. troops in Iraq near the Syrian border, according to a statement on an Islamist Web site Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>16 terror suspects held in Spain</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/06/15/spain.arrests/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/06/15/spain.arrests/index.html</guid><description>Spanish police have arrested 16 suspected Islamic terrorists, including 11 believed to be linked to the terror network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, officials said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspected al-Zarqawi associate nabbed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/04/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/04/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A suspected deputy of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been captured in the restive city of Mosul, the Iraqi military said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2005 12:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>An X for Al-Zarqawi?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/30/al.zarqawi.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/30/al.zarqawi.tm/index.html</guid><description>Mystery has always surrounded Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and the country's deadliest terrorist.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2005 15:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Purported al-Zarqawi tape addresses bin Laden</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/30/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/30/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi suffered only a minor combat wound and called on Osama bin Laden to put an unspecified plan into motion, according to an audiotaped statement attributed Monday to the Jordanian-born terrorist.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2005 06:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Military officials 'tend to believe' al-Zarqawi is hurt</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/29/zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/29/zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>U.S. military officials "tend to believe" Internet postings suggesting that the most wanted terrorist in Iraq is wounded, the nation's top general said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2005 16:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two U.S. soldiers killed in crash</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Two U.S. soldiers were killed when their helicopter went down near Baquba, 40 miles northeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 07:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Web sites claim al-Zarqawi wounded </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/24/zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/24/zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- the Jordanian-born insurgent leader in Iraq -- has been wounded, several Islamist militant Web sites reported Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 15:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi Oil Ministry official gunned down</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.violence/index.html</guid><description>An official from Iraq's Oil Ministry was gunned down Thursday morning in western Baghdad, police said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 06:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tape justifies killing innocent Muslims</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/18/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/18/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A chilling, rambling audio file thought to be from the most-wanted man in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, says religious doctrine justifies the killing of innocent Muslims by insurgents.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2005 10:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>At least 23 die in Baghdad attacks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/05/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/05/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Attacks targeting Iraqi security forces killed at least 23 people on Thursday, including Iraqi army recruits, police and civilians, Iraqi police said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2005 04:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: Possible letter to al-Zarqawi cites low morale</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/03/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/03/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. military said Tuesday it has seized a letter from Iraqi insurgents believed to be intended for Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi complaining about low morale among followers and weakening support for the insurgency.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 08:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Intelligence official: Tape likely from al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/29/zarqawi.recording/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/29/zarqawi.recording/index.html</guid><description>Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted terrorist in Iraq, apparently has issued an audio message urging his followers to keep up the heat on U.S.-led forces in Iraq with attacks on convoys and at checkpoints.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pentagon: Troops nearly caught al-Zarqawi </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>American troops nearly captured wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi earlier this year in Iraq, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>15 years for absent al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/20/jordan.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/20/jordan.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>Jordan has sentenced terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to 15 years in jail for a plot to attack the country's embassy in Iraq, Jordanian officials told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Photos believed to show al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/05/zarqawi.pics/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/05/zarqawi.pics/index.html</guid><description>CNN has obtained pictures believed to show America's most-wanted terrorist in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose network carries out frequent attacks against Iraqi and U.S. civilians, and multinational troops.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: Bin Laden message to al-Zarqawi intercepted</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/02/28/threat.info/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/02/28/threat.info/index.html</guid><description>U.S. intelligence has intercepted a communication from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq that "reiterates the desire by al Qaeda to target the homeland," U.S. officials have said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Three suspected al-Zarqawi associates arrested</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/28/zarqawi.arrests/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/28/zarqawi.arrests/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi officials on Friday announced the capture of three leading members of the insurgent group headed by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Purported al-Zarqawi tape: Democracy a lie</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/24/iraq.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/24/iraq.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>An audiotaped statement attributed to Islamic militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi declared Iraq's upcoming elections a "big American lie," while his followers appeared to kill an Egyptian hostage in public in video posted to an Islamic Web sites late Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 07:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sources say hundreds of Iraq attacks planned</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/20/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/20/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Amid stepped-up attacks ahead of the January 30 elections, a top Iraqi police official Thursday said intelligence sources estimate 150 car bombs and 250 suicide attackers are prepared to strike in the coming days.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The world's most dangerous terrorist</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/18/top.terrorist/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/18/top.terrorist/index.html</guid><description>Abu Musab al-Zarqawi pledges allegiance to Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden gives his blessing to al-Zarqawi. So which man is the most dangerous terrorist in the world?</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Key leader of al-Zarqawi network captured in Baghdad</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/31/iraq.zarqawi.aid/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/31/iraq.zarqawi.aid/index.html</guid><description>Multi-National Forces recently captured a senior member of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terrorist network in northern Baghdad, according to a statement released Friday by Iraq's government.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Purported bin Laden tape endorses al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/27/binladen.tape/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/27/binladen.tape/index.html</guid><description>A speaker purported to be al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden endorsed the terror campaign of insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and urged Iraqis to boycott next month's elections, in an audio tape broadcast Monday on the Arabic-language Al-Jazeera television network.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Jordan's king says troops tracking al-Zarqawi 'getting close'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/07/jordan.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/07/jordan.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>Jordanian King Abdullah II said forces in Iraq are "getting close" to capturing terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2004 00:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Purported al-Zarqawi message slams clerics</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/24/zarqawi.tape/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/24/zarqawi.tape/index.html</guid><description>An audio message purportedly from wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi discovered on the Internet Wednesday ridicules Muslim scholars for not strongly condemning the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, and urges clerics to wake up and help the resistance.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Possible new al-Zarqawi recording emerges</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/12/zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/12/zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>A new audio recording purportedly from wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi urges insurgents in Iraq to press on with jihad and "burn the earth under the invaders."</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2004 02:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi group threatens to kill Japanese hostage</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/26/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/26/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A terrorist group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said Tuesday it abducted a member of Japan's armed forces and threatened to behead him if the Japanese government does not withdraw its troops from Iraq within two days.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozens of new Iraqi soldiers found dead</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/24/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/24/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi authorities have discovered the bodies of 44 Iraqi soldiers and four drivers after they were ambushed and killed overnight near the Iraq-Iran border, an Iraqi military commander said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2004 08:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. military: Terrorist associate seized in Iraq</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A newly promoted associate of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was arrested in Iraq on Saturday, the U.S. military reported, while elsewhere, two suicide car bombings and a drive-by shooting killed at least 14 people in separate incidents.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2004 12:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Raid nets 'senior Zarqawi aide'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.main.intl0430/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.main.intl0430/index.html</guid><description>U.S. and Iraqi forces have nabbed a senior member of wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's inner circle during a raid in southern Falluja, according to the Multi-National Forces-Iraq.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2004 08:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. officials: Al-Zarqawi group's statement credible</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/18/al.zarqawi.statement/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/18/al.zarqawi.statement/index.html</guid><description>U.S. officials are calling credible a statement attributed to Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's militant group declaring allegiance to Osama bin Laden.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. bombs Falluja targets linked to al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. warplanes bombed houses and other buildings Monday night that the military suspects are used by wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the volatile Iraqi city of Falluja.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi group claims allegiance to bin Laden</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/17/al.zarqawi.statement/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/17/al.zarqawi.statement/index.html</guid><description>A statement attributed to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's militant group declared allegiance to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. puts al-Zarqawi's group on terror list</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/15/zarqawi.terror/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/15/zarqawi.terror/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. State Department has designated Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Unification and Jihad group a "foreign terrorist organization."</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. forces pound Falluja</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. forces continued to pound Falluja early Friday as part of a significant assault on the Sunni Triangle city's terror network run by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi .</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2004 06:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. bombs suspected al-Zarqawi meeting place</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A U.S. airstrike early Tuesday destroyed a building in Falluja used as a meeting place by wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his followers, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who is Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/09/24/who.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/09/24/who.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>U.S. officials say they are doing everything they can to capture the man who now rivals Osama bin Laden as public enemy No.1.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Body of slain American hostage found</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/22/iraq.beheading/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/22/iraq.beheading/index.html</guid><description>U.S. officials have positively identified the body of a second American beheaded this week by insurgents in Iraq, the man's family said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Al-Zarqawi group kills American hostage</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.beheading/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.beheading/index.html</guid><description>A group loyal to terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has "slaughtered" a second American, according to a report posted Tuesday on an Islamist Web site.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 04:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Video shows Turkish hostage apparently beheaded</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/13/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/13/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A group linked to al Qaeda released a video Monday apparently showing the beheading of a Turkish truck driver who was kidnapped last month in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. strikes insurgency safe houses in Falluja</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/02/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/02/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A U.S. airstrike targeted two safe houses used by followers of reputed terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Falluja, U.S. officials said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suicide car bomb kills 4 at Iraqi checkpoint</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/03/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/03/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Four Iraqi National Guardsman died and six were wounded Tuesday when a suicide car bomb rocked a checkpoint near the eastern city of Baquba, police said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2004 06:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi official: 14 killed in U.S. airstrikes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/18/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/18/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A U.S. airstrike in Fallujah killed 14 people and wounded three others early Sunday, according to an Iraqi Health Ministry official for Anbar province.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2004 07:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Militant group threatens death for al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/06/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/06/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A previously unknown militant group in Iraq is threatening to kill the most-wanted terror suspect in that country: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2004 07:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Fallujah strike just missed al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/25/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/25/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A coalition strike Friday in Fallujah might have come close to killing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born Islamic militant believed to have ties to al Qaeda, a senior Defense Department official said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2004 05:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CIA: Taped threat likely al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/24/cia.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/24/cia.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>The voice vowing to kill  Iraq's prime minister is likely that of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, CIA officials said Thursday after the taped message was analyzed.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Al-Zarqawi tape' threatens Iraq P.M.</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/23/iraq.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/23/iraq.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>Iraq's interim prime minister has received a public death threat in an ominous recording believed to be made by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the insurgent blamed for attacks against U.S. forces and Iraqi civilians.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pentagon: South Korean hostage beheaded</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.hostage/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.hostage/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi insurgents carried out their threat to behead the South Korean civilian they were holding hostage, the Pentagon said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2004 04:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Airstrike on al-Zarqawi safe house kills 18</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/19/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/19/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Coalition forces in Iraq launched a missile strike Saturday against what they said was a "safe house" in Fallujah linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an insurgent wanted in connection with attacks against U.S. forces and Iraqis.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2004 10:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Al-Zarqawi may be in Fallujah</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/16/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/16/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Fugitive al Qaeda associate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and members of his organization may be hiding in the Sunni stronghold city of Fallujah, according to a senior Pentagon official.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2004 05:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi group claims bombings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/06/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/06/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A group that says it is led by fugitive Islamic militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for two suicide car bombings Sunday that killed eight Iraqis, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2004 07:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Voice claims Jordan terror plot</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/30/jordan.terror/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/30/jordan.terror/index.html</guid><description>A voice claiming to be terrorist leader Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi says his group was planning to bomb the Jordanian intelligence headquarters in Amman for what he said was the kingdom's collaboration with the United States and Israel.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2004 04:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Web site links al-Zarqawi to Iraq oil attacks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>A Web site posted a statement Monday attributed to Osama bin Laden associate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claiming responsibility for deadly weekend suicide attacks on two oil terminals in southern Iraq.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tape: Al-Zarqawi claims responsibility for wave of attacks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/us.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/us.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>Fugitive terrorism suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility Tuesday for a wave of attacks targeting U.S. and other coalition forces since Americans took control of Baghdad almost a year ago.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>