Zarqawi to bin Laden: U.S. Winning in Iraq

Al-Qaida's most dangerous operative, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, has personally warned terror kingpin Osama bin Laden that his troops are under intensifying pressure from U.S. forces in Iraq and prospects for a terrorist victory look bleak.

A purported letter from Zarqawi to bin Laden, posted to Islamic Web sites Monday night, complains that al-Qaida fighters in Iraq are being "squeezed" by U.S.-led coalition forces, the Associated Press said.

"The space of movement is starting to get smaller," Zarqawi warned. "The [U.S.] grip is starting to be tightened on the holy warriors' necks and, with the spread of soldiers and police, the future is becoming frightening."

The letter said that Iraqi insurgents would combat the U.S.'s increasing effectiveness by intensify attacks on Iraqi soldiers and police, who are seen as collaborators with the U.S.-backed forces.

Al Zarqawi is believed by U.S. intelligence to be behind many of the most significant attacks against U.S. and Western interests in recent months, including the Madrid train bombings, a foiled chem bomb plot that experts say would have killed 80,000 Jordanians and the beheading of U.S. contractor Nicholas Berg.

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