Iraq - Zarqawi group announces terror campaign to disrupt elections

AFP via Babelfish translation | December 14, 2005

[HAL9000]

The Zarqaoui group announces an offensive of scale to the day before of the poll

PARIS - the Iraqi Al-Qaïda branch directed by Abou Moussab Al-Zarqaoui announced Wednesday on the Internet the launching of an offensive of scale in Iraq against "the bastions of the apostates" in order to "disturb the weddings +démocratiques+ impiété and prostitution".

"Your brothers in the military branch of the Al-Qaïda Organization in Mésopotamie, engaged, with all their brigades, a creditable conquest to shake the bastions of the non-believers and apostates and to disturb their weddings +démocratiques+ impiété and prostitution", writes the group in an official statement put on line on an islamist site.

The text, whose authenticity cannot be established, refers to the legislative elections envisaged Thursday in Iraq.

[prisoner6]

... with all their brigades, a creditable conquest to shake the bastions of the non-believers and apostates...

Baghdad Bob Deja Vu.

prisoenr6

[Bogie]

It's now all about minds.

[golas1964]

'Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!'

[Heatseeker]

After his little fiasco in Amman, even the tribal leaders have turned against him. All your brigades are belong to us!

[tsmith130]

in order to "disturb the weddings...

Hey Zarq....ya might not want to bring this up.

[usmcobra]

He'll apologize later.

[dc-zoo]

Sooner or later some lucky trooper is gonna draw a bead on zarqawi's slimey no good ass.

[tsmith130]

Oooh, that's right. Whatta guy.

[nuconvert]

"Zarqawi group announces terror campaign to disrupt elections"

Duh. Like we needed an announcement? I suppose announcing it makes it scarier for the iraqis? Like they aren't expecting it?

[AmericaUnited]

Zarky is realizing that he is the ODD MAN OUT, the steam roller keeps going, and there is really nothing he can do about it except make a little noise on the sidelines from time to time. I'm betting he's a dead man by Christmas day.

[R.W.Ratikal]

No matter how fair I try to be I can't help noting the similarities between the terrorist's political campaigns in Iraq with Democrat party campaigns in the United States.

Both depend on class warfare, both appeal to minorities and special interest, both preach violence and hatred, both try to disrupt the other side, both rely on money and resources from outside, both use assassination (Democrats use character assassination while the terrorists use actual physical assassination) and both represent the anti-democratic side.

Bob Beckel, "Snake" Carvell, and other Democrat "strategists" who have led Democrats in a long series of election defeats, must be advising the Muslims in Iraq on how not to win an election.