New militant group claims responsibility for deadly Al-Arabiya car bombing in Baghdad Oct. 31, 2004
CAIRO, Egypt
A previously unheard of militant group claimed responsibility Sunday for the car bombing a day earlier outside the Baghdad offices of Al-Arabiya TV that killed seven people, including five of the station's Iraqi employees.
The Jihad Martyr's Companies in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on an Islamic web site known for carrying announcements by militant groups.
The statement accused the Saudi-owned, Dubai-based television network of "siding with America, the oppressor which kills Muslims and Arabs, occupies their lands and plunders their wealth."
It was impossible to verify the claim's authenticity, which followed Saturday's release of another Internet statement attributed to a militant group calling itself the "1920 Brigades" claiming responsibility for the attack. That statement was also unable to be authenticated. Al-Arabiya on Sunday aired a video statement showing four masked gunmen belonging to the similarly named "1920 Revolution Brigades" denying involvement in the attack.
The 1920 Revolution refers to the uprising against British military occupation, which historians consider the birth of Iraqi nationalism. (snipped)
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There are more militant groups in Iraq than there are militants to fill them.