Nadi Abou El-Magd, of the Associated Press, reported that Saddam Hussein loyalists posted a Web message to mourn the death of al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi:
Insurgents loyal to Saddam Hussein acknowledged differences with al-Zarqawi but said they were united in "holy war" in a Web message of condolences for his death posted Monday.
Unfortunately, Baathist support for al Qaeda in Iraq did not cease with the death of Zarqawi.