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Militants [Terrorist] Groups in Iraq Name
Spokesman
Associated Press via Yahoo! News ^ | 2005 Jul 3
Posted on 07/03/2005 1:31:14 PM PDT by Wiz
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two militant groups said Sunday they have named a
new spokesman to silence those who claim to speak for the
insurgency.
In a joint statement posted on an Islamic Web site, the Islamic Army
in Iraq and the Army of Mujahedeen said they had chosen Ibrahim
Youssef al-Shammari as their spokesman.
The little-known al-Shammari appeared on the Arab satellite channel
Al-Jazeera on Sunday "to silence all those who talk in the name of the
mujahedeen," the groups said in a statement posted on an Islamic
Web site.
During an appearance on Al-Jazeera, al-Shammari said the resistance
"has a realistic and truthful political project," adding that the groups
were in talks with other armed factions to come up with a unified
position. He did not elaborate.
Al-Shammari argued that sectarian problems were created after the
U.S.-led occupation of Iraq in order to prolong the presence of foreign
troops.
Last week, a Web statement issued in the name of The Islamic Army
in Iraq, the Army of Mujahedeen and the Ansar al-Sunnah Army
threatened the life of a Sunni Arab politician, Ayham al-Samarie, who
announced the formation of a political group he claims represents the
demands of an umbrella organization of insurgents.
The three groups accused the dual U.S.-Iraqi national of spreading
lies.
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Al Qaida has $500M Budget in Saudi Arabia
Middle East Newsline ^ | 2005 Jul 4
Posted on 07/03/2005 12:35:09 PM PDT by Wiz
ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Al Qaida was determined to have a budget of
more than $500 million for its insurgency campaign in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi security sources said Al Qaida has the assets in cash, property,
firearms, munitions and precious metals throughout the kingdom. The
sources said Al Qaida has used the budget to recruit and train
insurgents in both Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
Saudi authorities said Al Qaida network leaders might have raised the
money from abroad. They said that neither Abdul Aziz Al Muqrin, killed
in a Saudi shootout in June 2004, nor his predecessors were regarded
as wealthy. Salah Al Awfi was also not regarded as the source of the
funding.