Posted on 11/08/2005 8:29:37 AM PST by jmc1969
Al-Qaeda's Iraq operation, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, said it was launching an offensive in the west of Iraq in response to a major US and Iraqi military operation on the Syrian border.
'Your brothers in the military branch of Al-Qaeda in the Land of Two Rivers are launching today 'The Conquest of Vengeance' on behalf of the Sunni community in Al-Qaim,' the group said in an online statement which could not be independently verified.
It stressed the group's 'right to defend the (Islamic) nation and avenge the honour and blood' of Iraqis.
The offensive came 'after the crusaders and the apostate government have not ceased their operations', referring to a warning it issued yesterday for US and Iraqi forces to halt their sweep against insurgents within 24 hours.
'After that they will only see from us the worst and something that's going to make the earth tremble under their feet,' the earlier statement said.
Operation Steel Curtain began Saturday and was designed to 'restore Iraqi sovereign control along the Iraqi-Syrian border and destroy the Al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorists operating throughout Al-Qaim region,' the US military said.
Around 1,000 Iraqi soldiers and a force of 2,500 US troops were engaged in the sweep, which the US military said has resulted in the deaths of at least one US marine, an Iraqi soldier and 36 'suspected rebels'.
Sixty-eight people were detained today who were believed to be insurgents, the military said.
Bring it on. This would be very interesting if it were anything more than bluster.
BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA...yep, drawing the enemy out to fight in the open (if this claim by AQ is good) is exactly what we want.
Uh-oh!
They've been holding back all this time, but now they're REALLY STEAMED!
Maybe we should just leave Iraq before they get even madder.
Good, that means that our men can kill more of theirs in less time.
They must have a couple of car bombs ready to go.
I M O
bomb syria and iran, same day and 90% of the problem in the region will be gone
"Conquest of Vengeance." AQ must've hired some writers from North Korea...
Funny!!!
If you listen to Al Zarqawi's words, it almost seems as if you re-reading Homer's rendition of Achilles rallying the troups in the Trojan War.
This guy, Zarqawi, lives way way way back there, in the distant past, in the epochs of human antiquity. He's a barbarian idiot right out of El Cid.
I hope we can capture him alive, not to imprison him, but to put him in a museum. He is a relic to human barbarism.
DA740
Just as soon as they can get the donkey cart started.
Blah, blah, blah, we've heard it all before. Typical arab military strategy. Make insane claims of victory in the face of agonizing defeat.
If your such a brave little allah's warrior, why have you been hiding like a little bitch for months now?
Common Zarqawi, act like a man for once in the pathetic existence you call a life.
Didn't al- 'whats-his-name' warn the US to stop or else 2 days ago?
Time for us to launch - "OPERATION: INFINITE A$$-WHUPPING!!"
The terrorists are hurting very badly in this ongoing US/Iraqi offensive in the Anbar province. Operation “Steel Curtain” is killing and capturing a lot of their fighters as well as destroying a lot of the terrorist infrastructure they built in Anbar.
'After that they will only see from us the worst and something that's going to make the earth tremble under their feet,' the earlier statement said.
Blah Blah Blah
fyi
Only a matter of time.
"Didn't al- 'whats-his-name' warn the US to stop or else 2 days ago?"
Yeah, but he REALLY means it this time.
"Stop or I shall say stop again!"
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.