Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, who has led Iraqâs top Shia Muslim political group since his brotherâs assassination last year, said in remarks published on Saturday he believed Al Qaeda played a role in his brotherâs death. Al Hakim said in an interview with the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat that he had âreliableâ intelligence that Osama bin Ladenâs network was involved in the car bomb attack that killed Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim and more than 80 others in August.
| Al Qaeda was among the top suspects at the time, though there were a lot of other candidates. But, yeah. I can see it as a Zarqawi boom. |
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