Posted on 08/07/2005 4:13:09 PM PDT by Valin
BAGHDAD, Iraq, AP - A letter allegedly written by an insurgent to the head of Al-Qaida in Iraq complained of the lack of leadership in the northern terrorist cell in Mosul, according to excerpts provided by the U.S. military Saturday.
The letter, written to Jordanian leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi by a fighter calling himself Abu Zayd, was discovered by U.S. forces during a raid on an insurgent safe house in Mosul on July 27, the U.S command said. During the raid, six suspects were detained.
He complains that the Mosul leadership of the Al-Qaida in Iraq branch is incompetent, lacks training, and does not collaborate. The letter's authenticity could not be independently verified.
The letter also criticizes "the lack of diversity in the attacks, and the unwillingness to go after the centers and headquarters especially when they are easy targets, and being content with sending suicide bombers after armored vehicles."
Also on the list of complaints: "squandering the Muslims' money on petty expenses, cars and phones."
He ends with the warning that al-Zarqawi needs to "be attentive to the Jihad in Mosul and pursue its development." Otherwise, "the fall of Mosul in the hands of the mujahedeen is possible, and because it relieves the pressure off the other cities such as Qaim and Tal Afar."
His complaints echoed similar concerns raised in a letter written by a terrorist cell leader who fought in Fallujah and discovered during a raid in Baghdad in May, the military said.
Earlier this year, U.S. troops arrested several key al-Qaida leaders in Mosul, including the head of the branch.
Al-Qaida in Iraq is led by al-Zarqawi and has claimed responsibility for numerous bombings, kidnap-slayings of foreign diplomats, beheadings of U.S. and other foreign hostages and suicide attacks.
HEY! They have something in common with the left! They both complain about "lack of diversity"!
Bad news for Zarqawi ... when Osama sits him down for his annual performance review, it's not going to be pretty!
Isn't it all pathetic...and these maggots are still alive.
"He ends with the warning that al-Zarqawi needs to "be attentive to the Jihad in Mosul and pursue its development." Otherwise, "the fall of Mosul in the hands of the mujahedeen is possible, and because it relieves the pressure off the other cities such as Qaim and Tal Afar."
Heh heh. That's what he thinks. Good hope they continue thinking that as all key towns/cities between the east side of the E. river to Mosul become occupied by now seasoned Iraq troops, and the Marines keep up the offensive operations west of the E. river leaving seasoned Iraqi troops in those towns and cities. I think the foreign terrorist(s) organizations are being taken apart more then our occasional articles show. One things for sure their remenants sure as heck aren't going to go north into true Kurdish country or their doomed. All they can do is try to go south, then they meet up with an awful lot of pissed of Shi'ite that will turn them in a drop of a dime or kill em outright.
All is not well in paradise?
It's all George Bush's fault!
This scumbag terrorist is complaining about lack of bombings of innocent Muslims in Mosul.
Zarqawi is reduced to the role of "pointy-haired boss", getting complaints from his lowly staff. I can hardly wait to see the blog of the insurgent Dilbert.
Guess the "multicultural" Jihad is not panning out. Maybe they should unionize or form a PAC.
Sounds like a quagmire to me. Good thing for them that the media isn't reporting it far and wide.
Haha! Outsourcing sometimes returns mixed results.
Whatever happened top 'ol Abu? Haven't heard from him in awhile. Still on vacation in Iran?
AHH...the stresses of Middle Mangement!
CIA?
It's what they do. Kill innocent people. It's about all they're capable of.
Don't hold your breath waiting to find out how we got this. It's the iceberg war 90% of it is below the surface.
I cannot believe that these type of things are leaked to the press. Each of these "interceptions" should be classified and not released.
For once, this statement really applies. While they still pose a threat, W's got the terrorists disorganized, on the run and rightfully in fear of their lives.
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