"His computer ... has provided a treasure trove of information," [View All]

from the April 27, 2005 edition
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0427/p03s01-woiq.html

WASHINGTON – The United States military has not yet managed to catch Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the top Al Qaeda-linked terrorist in Iraq. But they have perhaps snagged the next best thing: his laptop.

"His computer ... has provided a treasure trove of information," says a Pentagon official who asked to remain nameless.

Zarqawi is a bear-like Jordanian-born figure renowned even among terrorists for his brutality. He has set himself up as the top Islamist terror figure in Iraq, although his exact relationship with Osama bin Laden and the rest of Al Qaeda's leadership remains unclear.

When they caught the pickup the US personnel found the computer, over $100,000 in euros, and two Zarqawi associates. Zarqawi himself may have escaped by rolling from the truck under an underpass, then fleeing on foot to a safehouse somewhere in the vicinity.