Posted on 07/06/2004 5:03:52 AM PDT by Coop
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A group of armed masked men threatened Tuesday to kill Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, saying that he was murdering innocent Iraqis and defiling the Muslim religion.
In a videotape sent to al-Arabiya television, the previously unknown group, which called itself the "Salvation Movement," ordered al-Zarqawi to leave the country immediately and questioned how he could justify the killing of innocent civilians and his threats to assassinate interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
The threat came a day after U.S.-led coalition forces, who have been targeting Zarqawi, launched an air strike in the restive city of Fallujah on a suspected safe house used by his followers. The attack killed 15 people, witnesses said.
In the video, three men with rocket propelled grenades and other weapons, flanked by an Iraqi flag, delivered the threats. The man speaking had a clear Iraqi accent.
"We have started preparing ... to capture him and his allies or kill them and present them as gift to our people." one of the men, whose faces were covered with Arab headscarves, said in the video. "This is the last ultimatum to those who give him shelter. This is the last warning. If you don't stop, we will do to you what the coalition forces have failed to do."
Al-Zarqawi, said to be connected to al-Qaida, is believed to be behind a series of coordinated attacks on police and security forces that killed 100 people only days before U.S. forces handed over power to an Iraqi interim government.
The attacks have led to fears that religious fanatics and Saddam loyalists may be joining forces to fight both the multinational force and the new Iraqi government.
However, many Iraqis, including insurgents, are deeply opposed to the presence of Zarqawi and other foreign fighters in their country.
The man speaking had a clear Iraqi accent.
Hmmm, I wonder if he sounded like Allawi? ;-)
hehehe.... I so love seeing the table turned on Al Qaeda's Iraq honcho.
It does start the day off nicely, doesn't it? [grin]
Awesome. And if they take care of their own trash they don't have to be politically correct about it. This could be fun.
Well, however they are, hope they're successful.
bump!
happy birthday Mr. President
Its about damn time the iraqis did something to help
Yes it does.
It is nice. They may just take care of the extremists who will be begging for us to come back soon as they appreciate Muslim justice. Tee Hee, I cannot wait for the public executions.
ALl these masks make me think of the "Unknown Comic" from The Gong Show.
hchutch......we have an Iraqi....Los Pepes.
So you think our intel for those Fallujah air strikes just all of a sudden improved on its own?
Great turn of events.
Of course, CNN and the partisan schlocks will never report this, just as they failed to report on Monday July 5 the thousands of Iraqi's who marched in support of executing Saddam Hussein.
I saw the video on Fox showing the anti-Saddam Iraqi's, and then held my nost and watched CNN for four hours and failed to see one mention of Iraqi's wanting Hussein to be put to death.
What a screwed up network, Cnn is.
BTTT!
Maybe they could capture him, and release a video saying that if a dozen — no, TWO dozen — top anti-American/anti-Irawi terrorists are not handed over to authorities and imprisoned, they'll saw his head off?
Just a thought.
Dan
Any t v news reporting this one.
No..
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Four explosions were heard outside the restive city of Fallujah on Tuesday, witnesses said. The explosions came a day after a U.S. air attack destroyed a house and killed at least 10 people in the city. The attack was the fifth airstrike in the past two weeks in the area where the U.S. military says Jordanian militant Abu Musab Zarqawi's network has safehouses. Details on the explosions heard to the east of the city were not immediately clear...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4281342,00.html
Discussion between Allawi and CENTCOM: "Okay, so we'll release this video tape threatening Zarqawi, and when he pokes his evil head up you guys blast him!"
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