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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
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To: jwalsh07

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... and now it is called ISIS and ISIL


4 posted on 09/30/2015 10:15:00 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: jwalsh07

Correct.... and Ansar al Islam merged with Zarqawi’s al Tawhid to become, eventually, ISIS.


6 posted on 07/06/2016 1:04:43 AM PDT by piasa
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