Interpol issues wanted notice for al-Zarqawi
The international police organisation Interpol today said it had issued an international wanted persons notice for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, who is wanted in several countries for terror attacks.
Interpol issued the Red Notice at the request of Algeria, which is seeking Zarqawi in connection with the kidnapping and murder of two Algerian diplomats in Iraq in July 2005, it said in a statement.
“This will decrease the likelihood that such a notorious suspect will be able to evade detection,” said Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble.
Iraqi security forces detained and questioned Zarqawi last year but released him because they didn’t realize who he was, Iraq’s deputy interior minister Maj. Gen. Hussein Kamal said recently said.
