To: witnesstothefall
Al-Qaeda's leadership "viewed the Iraqis, particularly the military and security services, as corrupt, irreligious and hypocritical in that they succumb to Western vices while concurrently remaining at war with the US," the report says, summarizing Zubaydah's statements.BS, Ansar al Islam is and was Al Qaeda and has been operating in Iraq under the benificence of Hussein for years.
2 posted on
12/13/2003 8:44:27 PM PST by
jwalsh07
To: jwalsh07
Update /;
... and now it is called ISIS and ISIL
4 posted on
09/30/2015 10:15:00 PM PDT by
piasa
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To: jwalsh07
Correct.... and Ansar al Islam merged with Zarqawi’s al Tawhid to become, eventually, ISIS.
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07/06/2016 1:04:43 AM PDT by
piasa
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