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DUBAI (AFP) - The Al-Qaeda group of Iraq's most wanted man Abu Musab al-Zarqawi vowed in an Internet statement it would avenge deadly US air strikes in Iraq on suspected militant hideouts.
"The American crusader forces, enemies of God, carried out an odious crime against the Muslims of Al-Qaim," said a statement in the name of the Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Land of Two Rivers.
The US military launched air strikes on suspected Al-Qaeda hideouts in the Al-Qaim area near the Syrian border on Tuesday, killing at least 56 people. The military claimed the attacks were thought to have killed Abu Islam, a reported Al-Qaeda operative, and several associates.
"We tell you, adorers of the cross, you will not escape," according to the website statement whose authenticity could not be verified.
I curse their womanly mustaches!"
Originally posted by deltaboy
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DUBAI (AFP) "We tell you, adorers of the cross, you will not escape," according to the website statement whose authenticity could not be verified.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
Ladies and gentleman please read the above post and reflect on it for about 2 seconds, yes such people do exist
"A member of the former Iraqi Governing Council, Fadhl al-Rube'i, was interviewed on the Lebanese channel New TV, on May 16, 2004. He called Mr. al-Zarqawi mythical and a creation of the Pentagon's "disinformation" center."
"The spokesman for radical Iraqi Shi'ite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, Sheikh Abd al-Hadi al-Daraji, likewise stated in an April 4 interview with the Israeli-Arab weekly Kul Al-Arab that Mr. al-Zarqawi was an "ambiguous, imaginary, and made-up figure," created to justify American operations in Iraq."
An international relations expert at Egypt's Al-Ahram Institute, Said al-Lawindi, appeared on Egyptian channel 1, on November 16, 2004, and alleged that Mr. al-Zarqawi was a fabrication: "Where is this al-Zarqawi? I have read even in the French press, in Le Monde, that anyone can show a photograph of someone who died decades ago and claim that it is al-Zarqawi. This is an attempt by the U.S. to emphasize ... you can't go on forever talking about bin Laden, who has also become a myth."
Saudi daily Arab News, on October 26, 2004, and stated, "Zarqawi has been built up into an almost legendary figure ... Zarqawi is suspected of direct involvement in the kidnap and beheading of several foreigners in Iraq ... But many question his very existence." The article also discussed the battle in Falluja: "The people of Falluja, however, insist that they have never seen the man or heard about him except through the media. So, where is Zarqawi or, indeed, does he exist?"
I mean, tracing internet traffic is just so hard but maybe, just maybe, if Al-Zarqawi keeps posting on message boards, the USA might be able to actually confirm his existence one of these days.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
I mean, tracing internet traffic is just so hard but maybe, just maybe, if Al-Zarqawi keeps posting on message boards, the USA might be able to actually confirm his existence one of these days.
I mean, yeah you know, Al Zarqawi should just come out one day, walk down the street saying “here I am folks, I exist“. But why doesn't he do that? Oh gees I don't know, maybe the fact that he might have minutes to live afterwards may just factor in his decision to remain underground.