The leader of Iraq's most feared terror group fled Baghdad about two weeks ago because a U.S.-Iraqi military operation in the capital was threatening his al-Qaida movement, Iraq's interior minister said in a television interview aired Friday.
Bayan Jabr told the U.S.-owned Al Hurra television that the Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and many of his al-Qaida in Iraq followers fled Baghdad because of the success of Operation Lightning, launched May 28.
He nonetheless claimed many al-Qaida members had left the capital ``because they have lost the battle.'' Al-Zarqawi fled Baghdad 12 days ago after several car-rigging factories were discovered in a security operation, he said.
``Al-Zarqawi is in his last months,'' Jabr added.
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