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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,
the suspected al-Qaida leader in Iraq, was spotted
south of the northern Iraqi oil-center of Kirkuk,
reports said Monday.
The daily al-Taakhi, organ of the Kurdistan
Democratic Party led by Massoud Barzani, quoted a
police source in Kirkuk as saying Zarqawi had fled
the battles in Fallujah to northern Iraq and might
have been wounded.
Zarqawi was able to sneak out of Fallujah with the
help of his followers and moved in stages to the
province of Toz Khormatu, south of Kirkuk, said the
source, who was not identified.
He said Zarqawi was seen riding in an ambulance and
heading towards southern Kirkuk, 162 miles northeast
of Baghdad.
Iraqi forces backed by U.S. troops battled for more
than a week against suspected Iraqi insurgents and
Zarqawi's followers in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, in
an attempt to out them from the Sunni city.
Zarqawi, a Jordanian, and his followers are blamed
for the kidnapping and beheading of foreigners and
for terrorist bombing attacks targeting Iraqi police
and U.S.-led multinational forces.
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