Meanwhile, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffervisited Baghdad on Tuesday to review the alliance'straining mission for the Iraqi military. The unannouncedvisit was de Hoop Scheffer's second trip to Iraq. He wasaccompanied by the alliance's supreme commander foroperations, U.S. Gen. James L. Jones. NATO has for more than a year been training a small groupof senior Iraqi military officers and is planning to expandthat mission to include a staff academy to train the higherranks of the Iraq's armed forces. In Washington, U.S. defense officials said Monday that AbuAzzam, a leading deputy to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida'sleader in Iraq, was killed this weekend. The officialsspoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity ofthe information. The U.S. network CBS News, quoting Pentagon officials,reported that American forces killed Azzam in a house raidin Baghdad on Sunday.--SPA1122 Local Time 0822 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/292460