In other news, the U.S. military has revealed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi remained alive for nearly an hour a U.S. airstrike hit a safehouse where he was staying. The military initially claimed Zarqawi died in the strike. The autopsy showed Zarqawi stayed alive for 52 minutes after the first blast and 24 minutes after US forces arrived at the scene. The U.S. is denying reports from Iraqi witnesses that Zarqawi died after a U.S. soldier stepped on his chest. Meanwhile several Islamic Internet sites have announced an Egyptian man named Abu Hamza al-Muhajer has been selected to be Zarqawi’s successor as the head of the group the calls itself Al Qaeda of Iraq.