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Al Qaeda names successor to Zarqawi

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.

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Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST

DUBAI: 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 website frequently used by militants.

Its authenticity could not be independently verified.

"Sheikh Abu Hamza is a pious brother with a jihadi track record and a solid scholarly background. We ask God to bless him and to help him finish what Sheikh Abu Musab has started," the statement added.

His nationality was not given but the word "muhajer" means immigrant in Arabic.

Zarqawi and five other militants were killed after two 500-pound bombs were dropped in a US air raid on a safe house near the restive northern Iraqi city of Baquba on Wednesday.

The organisation issued a statement on Sunday vowing to avenge Zarqawi's death with "great operations to shake the enemy."

The Consultative Council of the Mujahedeen (holy fighters), which is an alliance of eight militant Sunni Arab groups formed last January and led by Al-Qaeda in Iraq, renewed its allegiance in that statement to Al Qaeda chief Saudi-born fugitive Osama bin Laden.

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