CAIRO, Jan. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- A group led by al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an earlier assassination of Baghdad Governor Ali al-Haidri, said a statement posted on an Islamic website.

   "A group of mujahideen of the Qaeda organization for Holy War in Iraq assassinated a tyrant and American agent, the governor of Baghdad Ali al-Haidri," the statement said. Enditem