Zarqawi flees Fallujah
2004-11-13 20:07
Baghdad - Iraq's most wanted man Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has fled Fallujah with one of his top aides, the country's national security advisor said on Saturday after declaring an end to a six-day US-led offensive on the city.
"Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Abdullah Junabi have fled with their principal aides, leaving their supporters to taste death," Qassem Daoud told a news conference in Baghdad.
Jordanian-born Zarqawi, whose group of militants have claimed some of the deadliest attacks in Iraq and a string of beheadings of hostages, has a $25m bounty on his head.
He is regarded as the frontman in Iraq for Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network.
- AFP