# Against what are they testing Zarqawi's DNA? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 23, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/against-what-are-they-testing-zarqawis-dna/332497 "2005-11-23T22:27:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/against-what-are-they-testing-zarqawis-dna/332497/1 "2005-11-23T22:27:20Z")
[DNA test to check Zarqawi report.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4459132.stm) Who are they matching it against to verify or rule out that the splatter is or isn’t Zarqawi? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/against-what-are-they-testing-zarqawis-dna/332497/2 "2005-11-23T22:46:42Z")
I seem to recall reading some time ago that members of his extended family volunteered DNA. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/against-what-are-they-testing-zarqawis-dna/332497/3 "2005-11-23T22:52:14Z")
Ah, [here ya go](http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/23/content_3826057.htm): > [@](#): > > “It is possible, but I have no reason to believe it,” [Lieutenant General John Vines, chief of the Multi-National Corps Iraq and commanding general of the US 18th Airborne Corps] said, adding that US officials had the ability to determine if al-Zarqawi was there. > > ``` > "I am told that there is a DNA database of some of his relatives that is able to be compared against ... those who were killed there," he said. > > ```