“According to a senior Bush administration official, [al Qaeda operations chief Abu] Zubaydah, captured in Pakistan on March 28, 2002, identified [al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab] al Zarqawi in one of his first debriefings as ‘one of the main people within bin Laden’s circle who wanted to work with the Iraqis.’ ”
– Stephen F. Hayes, The Connection, Page 166