Al-Qaeda 'sets Iraq deadline'

AFP ^ | July 19, 2005 | AFP

[iconoclast]

No. They wish to isolate us, so they attack our allies in the hopes of getting them to abandon us. It has nothing to do with how they think we will or will not react.

Sigh.

I often wish that half the FReepers had half the brains of OBL.

[appalachian_dweller]

setting placemark.....

[Eurotwit]

Here is another threat from a Zaqawi affiliate in Northern Iraq (probably Krekar's pals) that is making news in Norway today. The "mercenaries" in question are humantarian aid workers... :

The Al-Rudd Brigades Issues Warning to the Governments of the European Countries, Stressing Holland, Denmark and Norway, to Remove Their “Mercenaries” from Northern Iraq Within Two Weeks
By SITE Institute
July 16, 2005


In a statement posted today, July 16, 2005, to a Zarqawi-affiliated website, a group calling itself al-Rudd (the Responders) Brigades of the Mountain, the Level land, and the Two Rivers, warns the “foreigners and the crusaders” of European to withdraw their organizations from Arbil, northern Iraq, within two weeks, or the mujahideen will “strike all the foreigners and the mercenaries.” The message specifies Holland, Denmark and Norway amongst these European countries.
Further, the group alleges that a Dutch citizen of Iraqi descent, “who sold his soul and his faith to the occupiers,” and worked for Dutch intelligence, was captured. Dutch documents were found on his person that were subsequently translated into Arabic, and “Allah’s order was issued on him.”

Al-Rudd Brigades claims to be fighting the “traitors and the converters” in northern Iraq, and are “accountable for the all the jihad operations” executed within this area.

A full translation of the statement is provided to our Intel Service members.

http://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications69105&Category=publications&Subcategory=0

[Thermalseeker]

I think reasonable folks can disagree whether Iraq prior to the military engagement was critical to the WoT, but now even Democrats and their ilk ought to realise that Iraq currently is front and center.

And, barring revisionist historians, IMO our efforts in Iraq will go down in military history as one of the greatest campaigns of all time. We've lured these flea bitten nutcases to the desert of their own homeland to fight our brave military instead of letting them come here to fight our police and civilians. This is nothing short of brilliant, IMHO.

[SIRTRIS]

the press reported they (JTF2 commandos) are being shipped to Afghanistan (but who really knows) ... "In July 2005, Chief of Defence Staff. Gen. Rick Hillier confirmed that members of JTF2 would be part of a new Canadian deployment heading to Afghanistan to fight the remnants of the Taliban and supporters of al-Qaeda." http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cdnmilitary/jtf2.html

[bubman]

God damn, the smartest thing I heard all day!!

[ßuddaßudd]

If anyone does find and post this article by Caleb Carr, I would be interested in reading it.

[AliVeritas]

Djathink the Democrats will chide the author of this message for using the word, "crusaders"?


No, but if they like the thought of Mecca staying there...they should quiet down.

[AliVeritas]

Yep, we'll see who's who alright.

[Squantos]

So Bagdhad Bob's clone is saying dust off yer resume ?:o)

[syriacus]

No, but if they like the thought of Mecca staying there...they should quiet down.You've heard that,
too?

[livius]

Yes, gotta watch those aid workers! Actually, there is a Marxist technique called "miserification." This means you want things to get really horrible for people, so that they will blame the folks in charge and turn against them. This has been used in LatAm a lot, where aid workers - foreign or not - are often attacked by Marxist guerrillas. The whole point is to drive them away and make the poor even more miserable and unhappy, and then announce that your silly little terrorist *ss is going to ride to the rescue.

Unfortunately, they use this technique because it works.

(And I'm not even talking about the "aid workers" who actually are mercenaries - on the other side, like the Italian Communist ditzes who were "kidnapped" awhile back.)

[livius]

It's definitely driving them nuts. I just read that 3 Sunnis who were involved in the Constitutional Convention there were blown away by AQ this morning.

[livius]

I'll try to get a friend (with a WSJ subscription) to post the Caleb Carr article.

[ßuddaßudd]

Thanks, I will search for the article also when I get home tonight.

[r9etb]

This is like Hitler saying, "give me free rein to kill gypsies, Jehovah Witnesses and Jews, and I won't bother you."

Actually, it's more like Hitler saying "give me the Sudetenland or I'll start a war."

[r9etb]

Interesting they don't warn the U.S. That's a pretty good indication they seek the destruction of the U.S. and may vary well have another attack planned for the near future.

No. It's an attempt to scare the weak sisters away, and drive a wedge between them and us. They probably do have attacks planned against us, but this statement has no bearing on those plans.

[syriacus]

Actually, it's more like Hitler saying "give me the Sudetenland or I'll start a war."

And after al Qaeda is given Iraq...?

[rbmillerjr]

Dear Al Qaeda,

Please strip all the clothing off of your women while in public...if your refuse to do this we go for Syria or Iran next.

[r9etb]

And after al Qaeda is given Iraq...?

They become the de facto leaders of worldwide Islam. Not that we should worry about terrorists being in charge of a highly excitable billion people....