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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (680709)4/26/2005 10:47:06 AM
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U.S. confirms Zarqawi near-capture
From Barbara Starr
CNN Pentagon Correspondent
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 Posted: 8:43 AM EDT (1243 GMT)

This photo is believed to show terror group leader al-Zarqawi.


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. troops in Iraq very nearly captured the country's most-wanted terrorist -- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- earlier this year, U.S. officials have confirmed.

The incident took place February 20 near Ramadi, west of Fallujah, when U.S. troops were tipped off that al-Zarqawi might be in the area.

At one point, they chased down a suspicious vehicle and later determined that the Jordanian-born insurgent leader had been in it but had escaped.

Two sources confirmed to CNN that a trusted lieutenant of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was seized from the vehicle, as was a computer containing what the sources called "a treasure trove of information" -- including direct connections to bin Laden.

The sources said it's a significant find -- a clear indication that al-Zarqawi and bin Laden are in two-way communications and that bin Laden couriers are able to get into Iraq.

Last year, al-Zarqawi pledged his allegiance to the al Qaeda leader, and bin Laden later praised the insurgent leader's work against coalition troops in Iraq.

Al-Zarqawi and his group -- called al Qaeda in Iraq -- is blamed for dozens of attacks on multinational and Iraqi forces as well as numerous beheadings of Western hostages.
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