Meet the New Boss
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is behind a small percentage of the bombings and terrorist attacks in Iraq. But his have been the bloodiest. This week has seen some of the worst: On Sunday, an orchestrated series of bombings and shellings rocked the U.S. headquarters in Baghdad and killed 37 across the country. On Tuesday, a crowd at a police recruiting station was ripped apart by a suicide car bomb, killing 59.All this has made Zarqawi the face of jihad in Iraq and the most-wanted terrorist after Osama bin Laden.
The comparison is quite an achievement for a man who was considered a peripheral figure a year ago, more thug than inspirational leader. A year after his reign of terror began with the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, experts say his network is stronger than ever, strong enough to survive even his own death.