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Posted on 11/15/2004 5:45:38 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
AN audiotape on an Islamist website purportedly from Iraq's most wanted man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, urged his supporters to brace for new battles against US forces after the showdown in Fallujah.
"The enemy... has mobilised most of its assets and potential to destroy Islam in Fallujah. Once they have finished in Fallujah, they will head towards you," the voice on the tape said, urging insurgents to seize the initiative.
"Be cautious and foil their plan," he said, in an implicit recognition that the week-long battle in Fallujah, the rebel hotspot west of Baghdad, was virtually lost for the insurgents under US assault for the past week.
The message was addressed to "the heroes of Baghdad and Al-Anbar", the province which is home to Fallujah, to "the lions of Mosul" in northern Iraq and the "lion cubs of Diyala, Samarra and Salahadin".
"The enemy are avoiding fighting us for fear of being dispersed and of a war of attrition," and "they are weak and cannot widen the battle," it said, warning that US forces would confront one insurgent stronghold after another.
"Don't be satisfied with repelling them from your territory... Shower them with rockets and mortar rounds," said the man claiming to be Zarqawi, apparently giving orders to his fighters.
"Cut all their supply lines, the main and secondary ones... and carry out ambushes on these routes," he said, in the message whose authenticity was impossible to verify.
"Make sure that the initiative in the battle remains in your hands ... Prolong the battle because each day, for them, is worse than the one before," said the voice.
"The enemy is counting on the time factor to reduce the rhythm of the battle and lessen its intensity," he said.
In a similar message posted on the Internet on November 12, a voice attributed to Zarqawi, who has a $US25m bounty on his head, called on his fighters to resist.
Zarqawi's Al-Qaeda-linked group has claimed responsibility for a number of the most ferocious attacks in Iraq, including car bombings, kidnappings and beheadings.
Agence France-Presse
Zarqawi GOAT supporters?
It's just a matter of time - this POS will be drug out of his spider hole. Hopefully, at ambient temperature.
OK, how many insurgent deaths in Fallujah for each dead Iraqi and U.S. Soldier?
Whatever he's been smoking, he got it from Baghdad Bob.
Shalom.
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His supporters should ask "Little Nuts" why he high-tailed it out of Fallujah instead of fighting the "infidels" himself.
Ain't that the truth?
Perhaps they can follow the leader, meet in front of the White House and Simultaneously light themselves on fire??
Nah, that would take beans.. (stupidity, but beans)..
Ohh fugghedaboutit, too much effort.
He only fights those with their hands tied bihind their backs. He's heap brave then, especially when surrounded by more cowards with their faces hidden.
I never did understand the Arab mind....then again neither do they, so I don't feel bad about it. (Think how the newly dead zealot must feel when he arrives on the "other side" and discovers it's all a lie.)
You can bet the farm on that one.
Zarqawi is obviously a COWARD. Why did he not stay and fight if he's so brave?
Spoken like a true terrorist infiltrator from another country.
When are the Iraqis going to figure out that this a$$hole is NOT one of them?
LOL. Who is avoiding who? Why doesn't this cowardly POS just stroll down a street in plain view of the troops? Why can't all of the moron dweebs he has enlisted in his twisted cause notice that he beats feet just before the battle is joined? Uggh...
A_R
Big man tells everybody to stand up and fight the US. Of course he ran like a rat.
Usual rat scum vermin.
ha!
i honestly wonder if any of his canon fodder followers have begun asking why only the 'leaders' get to keep moving when faced with marines on their doorstep
Thou shalt not count to four, lest thou first say three!
Five is rightout!
Now, RUN AWAY!!!
I'd toss him the knife, then challenge the bitch to behead an infidel who doesn't have his hands tied.
After I beat him half to death I'd saw his head off.
Slowly.
ROFL!
Might want to videotape it too. Lots would pay to watch it.....you could get rich.
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O brave Iraqis! It is I, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi! All my previous friends are dead! I need some new friends! Get thee to Mosul, where, Allah willing, a bunch more of you will get mowed down while I make the next audio tape.