Posted on 05/13/2005 8:33:36 AM PDT by areafiftyone
BAGHDAD - A statement signed by the group of Al-Qaeda frontman in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was distributed outside a Sunni mosque in Baghdad after Friday prayers.
The leaflet was handed out in broad daylight by unmasked men outside the Abu Hanifa mosque, the most influential Sunni mosque in Baghdad, an AFP correspondent reported.
The statement, whose authenticity could not be verified, offered Zarqawi's version of the ongoing battle between his militants and US troops in the western region of Al-Qaim, near the Syrian border.
The leaflet denounced an alliances between "the troops of the crusaders, the Rafidha (Shiites) and the Jews" and claimed that US marines had failed to enter the city of Al-Qaim five days after launching their offensive.
"Operation Matador", which kicked off on May 7, is the largest US military push against insurgents since the massive assault on Fallujah last November. It is aimed at cutting the Zarqawi network's supply of arms and foreign fighters.
The statement also says "our brothers fighting in Al-Qaim killed 40 crusaders, destroyed 15 of their vehicles and shot down six helicopters."
The US military has only reported five casualties since the start of the operation and denied reports of combat gunships being shot down.
Some one in the Iraq security forces should have snatched those rag heads up and twisted their gonads until they told them where they got the leaflets. And so on up the chain of command.
Typical propaganda, communists and terrorists use the same play book. Lie, deny and confuse as much as possible and don't worry if the lies are totally outrageous, someone will believe them!
It's easy to chalk this up as misinformation, but I'm betting that Zarqawi himself has no idea what's happening there because he's not there. I would suggest that he may be in the vicinity of the Mosque where the leaflets are being handed out.
The interesting question is what is he hoping to accomplish by handing out the leaflets, and why does he think it's necessary to do so? Maybe he's having difficulty finding recruits.
The dreaded Jehova's Witness approach to terror...
That's exactly what I think. I think his followers are dwindling in numbers!
Oooo, such bravery.
She turned me into a Newt!
A Newt?
Well, I got better.
And landed on Mars!
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"Looks like Al Zarqawi has his own Baghdad Bob!"
Perhaps Zarqawi is slowly morphing into Baggy Dad Bob.
Just worked for me. Do you have a pop-up blocker on? That may stop it from working!
I see said the blind man!
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