“…on October 17, 2004, [militant Jordanian Abu Musab al] Zarqawi issued an online statement in the name of his Tahwid group pledging allegiance to bin Laden. Zarqawi adopted a new name for his group, ‘al Qaeda in Iraq.’ And so nearly two years after Bush officials had first argued that Zarqawi was part of al Qaeda, the Jordanian terrorist finally got around to swearing loyalty to bin Laden.’ ”
– Peter Bergen, The Osama bin Laden I Know, Page 364