May 30, 2005

Baghdad locked down

1692-8-2.jpg An SMS message is seen on a screen of a mobile phone, “Congratulations to all Iraqis, the wounds of [Abu Musaab] Zarkawi and to hell with all the killers” in Baghdad.

SMS messages are circulating across the country, hours after news that the al-Qaeda chief in Iraq, Abu Musaab Zarkawi, was badly injured.

The war of Internet statements has escalated since Islamist websites posted the announcement of Zarkawi's injuries, adding to confusion about the fate of the man whose group has claimed some of the most horrific attacks in Iraq since Saddam Hussein's ouster in April 2003.

[via Monday Morning].

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