Powell Says Al-Zaqawi Terrorist Network Members Operated in Pankisi

(Tbilisi, February 5, Civil Georgia) US Secretary of State Colin Powell addressing the UN Security Council said a al Qaeda high-level operative al Zaqawi has created the terrorist network in Europe, with one of the cells in Pankisi gorge of Georgia.

Powell said the nodes of al Zaqawi network helped to create the deadly poisons, with the ones in Pankisi plannig to attack the Russian civilians. Secretary of State said the cells of this network were destroyed during the recent police operations in Britain and France.

“We know that Zakawi’s colleagues have been active in the Pankisi gorge, Georgia, and in Chechnya, Russia. The plotting to which they are linked is not mere chatter. Members of Zakawi’s network say their goal was to kill Russians with toxins,” Powell stated

US official argued for the connection between the al Zarqawi network, al Qaeda and Iraqi leadership.