Man said to be Zarqawi's No. 2 killed, Fact or Fiction?

by RationalMan

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Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2005 Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2005 at 6:48:05am PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces have shot dead the second-in-command of al Qaeda in
Iraq, dealing what a U.S. commander called on Tuesday a serious blow to the militant group at the heart of Iraq's insurgency.
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Great News! One problem, I dont recall having heard of this Abu Azzam, the second in command before this. So I googled!
And saw found this flowchart from May 05 and and Abu Shayiah Abdullah Azzam does appear but in the periphery of the chart, (www.globalterroralert.com/pdf/0505/zarqawichart.pdf) on the sw corner of the chart, far from being the number 2, seems to be like a mid level commander one of approx 40. Are we getting another exaggerated claim or was this guy really #2?