Baghdad, 18 Oct. (AKI) - Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the terror group led by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has released a new statement in which it explains the reasons for its terror campaign and states that they are not fighting the US occupation of Iraq, but to create "an Islamic state which is part of the caliphate and the Muslim territory."
The message from the terror group appeared on the Internet on Tuesday, just a few days ahead of a visit to Baghdad by the secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa. "The secretary of the Arab League has been tasked with going to Iraq to convince the Sunnis to enter the political game so as to stop the Jihad [holy war] in the Sunni areas. With the excuse of national interest, they are trying to save the Americans," the statement says.
The terror group then goes on to reveal its real objectives, saying: "We are not fighting to chase out the occupier or to save national unity and keep the borders outlined by the infidels intact," the statement continues. "We are fighting because it is a religious duty to do it, just as it is a duty to take the Sharia [Islamic law] to the government and create an Islamic state." ** Now that fills all resonable people with a reason to stand up and fight them, after all they remove the head of anyone who disagrees with them. Oh and talking of head chopping and killing of political opponants...DUBAI (AFP) - Al-Qaeda in Iraq released a video purporting to show the execution of an Iraqi who worked for US forces, days after Washington said the group had been told such killings cost the movement support.
The video was released by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group after US authorities said they had seized a letter from Al-Qaeda's overall number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, telling him his campaign of executions and attacks on Muslims was damaging popular, mainly Sunni Arab, support for the insurgency.
The letter was swiftly denounced as untrue by Al-Qaeda in Iraq, with an Internet statement calling on "Muslims to ignore such cheap propaganda", adding that the killing of "infidel" Muslims was allowed.
Monday's video on an Islamist website showed a man with his hands tied behind his back being shot twice in the head and dumped in a wasteland.
The undated film, whose authenticity could not be verified, was titled "Application of Divine Judgement on a Contractor Working for the Crusaders," in reference to US-led forces in Iraq. ** Nice to see they respect trials and seeing justice being carried out. And now some good bits from the war against the terrorists in Iraq...
Bombers, weapons dealer caught by Iraqi, U.S. forces
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces captured 15 suspected terrorists in a series of pre-dawn combat operations conducted in and around Baghdad Oct. 18.
Three of the suspects taken into custody are thought to be bomb emplacers and another is believed to be a weapons dealer and terrorist cell financier.
The largest operation was carried out by Iraqi Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division. Shortly after midnight, the Iraqi Army Soldiers captured five suspected anti-Iraqi Forces during a raid against a terrorist safe-house in the Adhamiyah district of central Baghdad.
At about the same time, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers from the 70th Engineer Brigade, acting on a local citizen’s tip, seized three terror suspects during a cordon-and-search operation in north Baghdad. The men are suspected of placing roadside bombs targeting Iraqi security forces, Coalition Forces and civilians in the area.
Another citizen’s tip helped Task Force Baghdad Soldiers capture a suspected weapons dealer and terrorist organization financier during a cordon and search of two houses in north Baghdad.
In other combat operations, Coalition Forces detained six more terror suspects during raids and searches carried out in central and south Baghdad.
Task Force Liberty Soldiers detain one in Bayji
TIKRIT, Iraq – Task Force Liberty Soldiers detained the driver of a suspicious vehicle encountered during a combat patrol in Bayji Oct. 17.
Soldiers encountered the vehicle around 6:50 p.m. near a Coalition forces base.
Soldiers asked the driver to open his trunk and unlock his cell phone keypad. The individual, who had a Syrian visa on his passport, refused.
Task Force Liberty Soldiers called an explosives ordnance disposal team to blow open the trunk, which caused several secondary explosions. The ordnance team investigated the burned vehicle and discovered remnants of an anti-personnel mine in the trunk.
The detained individual is being questioned at a Coalition forces base.
Tip leads Task Force Liberty to cache in Diyala Province
TIKRIT, Iraq – Task Force Liberty Soldiers followed a civilian tip to a cache of 85 anti-tank mines near Hamrin in Diyala Province at about 4:15 p.m. Oct. 18.
A local citizen was digging in the area when he uncovered the munitions and immediately reported it to Coalition Forces. The anti-tank mines discovered are of the same type recently used in IED attacks.
Task Force Liberty explosive ordnance personnel removed the munitions for future disposal.
** Looney tune leader in Iran blames up for terror attack...TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested more than 20 people in connection with deadly weekend bombings in southern Iran which the government has blamed on Britain.
Saturday's blasts outside a shopping mall in the city of Ahvaz killed six people and wounded 100 and have prompted calls from Iran's hardline press for Tehran to sever ties with London....
Britain denies any links to the bombings as well as a series of other attacks and unrest earlier this year in the ethnic-Arab dominated Khuzestan province which borders southern Iraq and contains the bulk of Iran's oil reserves....
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated his view that Britain was linked to the attacks.
``We have no reason to believe that Britain was not involved in the recent incident,'' the ISNA students news agency quoted him as telling journalists on Tuesday.
``We are very well aware of such countries' behavior. Terrorist acts and insecurity are among the methods used by occupying countries like the UK,'' he added.
** And Russia still has problems with its own Islamonazis...NALCHIK, Russia -- Shooting broke out Tuesday morning in the southern Russian city of Nalchik, as police and security forces said they were launching special operations to detain suspected militants.
Alleged Islamic extremists conducted a coordinated series of attacks on police and other government buildings in the city on Thursday, and some 137 people were killed in the fighting, according to official data. Local television urged residents of the city not to leave their homes if possible Tuesday, and the local schools administration advised parents to take their children home from schools and nursery schools.
Shooting was heard in the suburb of Dubki, where the city's main morgue is and where security forces were conducting a sweep for suspected rebels, residents said. Gunfire also broke out in the town's center and its southwestern edge.
The Interfax news agency reported that police killed a man early Tuesday when he allegedly put up resistance during a document check. Two other men who resisted managed to escape, Interfax said.
** Looks like the US has got some suspects in over a plot...
(WJZ/AP) Baltimore, MD Eyewitness News has learned that the FBI has taken 30 people of Egyptian heritage into custody in the Baltimore area for questioning as part of the investigation into today's security threat to the harbor tunnels.
In addition, a federal law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, says four people were arrested today on immigration charges at businesses with Middle Eastern connections in the Baltimore area.
Governor Ehrlich says the arrests made today are a result of two weeks of investigation. He says the investigation involved federal, state, city and county police working together on an attack on the Baltimore tunnels.
The source says the arrest was made at a restaurant called Safi's Pizza and may be connected to the possible tunnel threat. Another arrest was made at Koko Market, a convenience store, in East Baltimore. Authorities led a man from the market early Tuesday afternoon, putting him inside a black sport utility vehicle. Landlord Mike Loukakis said his tenant, Majed Hussein, has run a store there for seven years.
"He was nice to everybody," Loukakis said. Sources say that the threat originated from an Egyptian being held in the Netherlands, who told US officials that there was a plot to detonate explosives through a vehicle to attack "an unspecified tunnel in the Baltimore area."
The terrorist plot reportedly involved a delivery truck from the Koko market being driven into one of Baltimore's tunnels under the Inner Harbor loaded with explosives and left there to detonate.
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