Zarqawi to contact bin Laden, web report says

DUBAI - Iraq's al Qaeda wing said its leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi will send a new message to Osama bin Laden, according to an internet statement.  

"We break the news to you, our brothers, that our sheikh Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ... will be sending his new message to sheikh of the mujahideen, the prince of al Qaeda Organisation, Osama bin Laden," said the statement signed by the group's spokesman Abu Maysarah al-Iraqi.  

It could not be immediately authenticated. 

Monday's statement followed internet postings by the group saying Zarqawi was in good health and was back leading operations in Iraq after being wounded. 

The US military said on Sunday it believed the Jordanian-born Zarqawi, Washington's number one enemy in Iraq, had been wounded. 

Zarqawi is an ally of al Qaeda leader bin Laden. 

His Al Qaeda Organisation for Holy War in Iraq has claimed responsibility for most of the bloodiest suicide attacks against US and Iraqi forces. 

- REUTERS