Zarqawi buried at secret site inside Iraq, says security chief
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, has been
buried at a secret location in the country, thwarting calls for
his body to be repatriated to Jordan.  Iraq's national security
adviser, Mouwafak al-Rubaie, said yesterday that Zarqawi's body
had been handed over by the US military and buried in accordance
with Muslim traditions. "The Iraqi authorities recently buried
the body of Zarqawi in a marked but secret place," he told
Reuters.  The fate of the militant leader's body has troubled US
authorities since he was killed in an airstrike north-east of
Baghdad last month. A report by the rightwing Washington
Institute for Near East Policy warned that his grave could
become a rallying point for Islamists if its whereabouts became
public knowledge.  Such fears were echoed in a statement by al-
Qaida leader, Osama Bin Laden, released on the internet last
week. Bin Laden said Jordan's leaders feared an outburst of
support if the "lion of jih