In November 2006, Mohammed ben Kalish Ezab and Omar ben Salaad pulled off one of the most stunning scoops in the annals of investigative journalism. Ben Kalish and Ben Salaad, photojournalists for Al-Zur (the Qatar-based news agency), followed the trail of Dr. Fasqiyta-Ul Junat, a leader of Al Qaeda's military wing. Their discovery, which would have been hard to believe if not for the photographic evidence, was that the military genius was in reality an actor and singer who had appeared in soap operas aired on Arab TV networks. He was even the public face of the Mecca Cola advertising campaign.