Al Qaeda man slain in Pakistan was Zarqawi "bag man"

[ECH1969]

Arab militant killed by Pakistani security forces was an al Qaeda "bag man", a senior official said on Friday.

The militant, shot dead in the Bajaur tribal region on Thursday, is believed to have distributed funds to families left behind in Pakistan and Afghanistan by Iraq al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and others, the security official in North West Frontier Province told Reuters.

The man, named as Marwan Hadid al-Suri, 38, was an explosives expert and was wanted by the United States.

The official said they found a notebook on al-Suri that contained a ledger listing al Qaeda members and their family members who were to receive funds. Zarqawi was on the list. The official referred to al-Suri as a "bag man" for al Qaeda.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL123567.htm

[napi21]

1. ANOTHER ONE? How many assistants does this guy have? n/t

[central scrutinizer]

2. exactly as many assistants as there are dead bodies

One dead brown-skinned man = one dead #2 man in Al Qaeda
two or more dead brown-skinned men = one Al Qaeda cell eliminated

[Roland99]

3. Zarqawi had a personal bellboy?

[bluedog]

4. does this Zarqawi even exist?

[Paula Sims]

5. So they "bagged" the bag-man?

Or was it his mother's cousin's neighbor's hairdresser twice removed and three times kicked out?? I'm so confused -- I think we need another deck of cards!

Paula