a 500 pounder with his name on it

[manu1959]

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsa...KOC_0_US-IRAQ-QAEDA-DEPUTY.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in Iraq named a successor following the killing of the group's leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to an Internet statement on Monday.

"The shura council of al Qaeda in Iraq unanimously agreed on Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, to be a successor to Sheikh Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," said a statement signed by al Qaeda and posted on a Web site frequently used by Islamist militants.

"Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir is a good brother, has a history in jihad and is knowledgeable. We ask God that he ... continue what Sheikh Abu Musab began," it said.

Muhajir, little known in the West, was not among the names that al Qaeda experts had expected as Zarqawi's likely successor.

 

[trobinett]

Manu posts:

Muhajir, little known in the West, was not among the names that al Qaeda experts had expected as Zarqawi's likely successor.

Well yea, ya got to know, that the list of people WANTING to be the next target is kind of short.

Insurance is going to be a little hard to get for this old boy.