Archive of stories pre April 2007 | (CNN) -- U.S. Marines took down a sign warning Iraqi citizens not to cooperate with the Americans. The blue sign with yellow writing bears the signature of al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It stood along Iraq's desert highway leading into Qaim, near the Syrian border.
Such signs have been reported in other cities around the region, which includes Husayba, New Ubeydi, Karabila and Sa'dat, Col. Stephen Davis, whose forces operate in the western Al Anbar province, told CNN.
The Marines have also received reports of fliers telling residents of Sa'dat, west of Qaim, to leave the city or die, said Davis, the commander of the Marines Regimental Combat Team 2. And Marines have seen civilians leave, he added.
Some fliers urge citizens to join the holy fight and condemn Iraq's government and the offensive in Falluja last year. They promote the organization's alleged attacks in the region and claim insurgents have killed tens of thousands of U.S. troops.
Zarqawi, who has a $25 million reward on his head, has claimed that al Qaeda in Iraq has taken over the Qaim area, hailing it "The Islamic Republic of Qaim."
Meanwhile, a man believed to be al Qaeda in Iraq's number two operative was killed during a weekend raid in southeastern Baghdad, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Tuesday. (Full story)
Iraq's national security adviser, Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, called the killing the most important "get" since the seizure of Saddam Hussein in December 2003.
Last week, an alleged driver for two al Qaeda in Iraq leaders was captured, the U.S. military said.
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