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Iraq al-Qaida group threatens Iran (Islamic State in Iraq gives Iran 2 months to get out of Iraq)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/8/07 | Mammoun Youssef - ap

Posted on 07/08/2007 4:42:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

CAIRO, Egypt - The leader of an al-Qaida umbrella group in Iraq threatened to wage war against Iran unless it stops supporting Shiites in Iraq within two months, according to an audiotape released Sunday.

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, who leads the group Islamic State in Iraq, said his Sunni fighters have been preparing for four years to wage a battle against Shiite-dominated Iran.

"We are giving the Persians, and especially the rulers of Iran, a two month period to end all kinds of support for the Iraqi Shiite government and to stop direct and indirect intervention ... otherwise a severe war is waiting for you," he said in the 50-minute audiotape. The tape, which could not be independently verified, was posted on a Web site commonly used by insurgent groups.

Iraq's Shiite-led government is backed by the U.S. but closely allied to Iran. The United States accuses Iran of arming and financing Shiite militias in Iraq — charges Tehran denies.

In the recording, al-Baghdadi also gave Sunnis and Arab countries doing business in Iran or with Iranians a two-month deadline to cease their ties.

"We advise and warn every Sunni businessman inside Iran or in Arab countries especially in the Gulf not to take partnership with any Shiite Iranian businessman — this is part of the two-month period," he said.

Al-Baghdadi said his group was responsible for two suicide truck bomb attacks in May in Iraq's northern Kurdish region. He said the attacks in Irbil and Makhmur showed the "Islamic jihad," or holy war, was progressing in the Kurdish areas.

At least 14 people were killed when a suicide truck bomb struck a government building in Irbil, Kurdistan's capital, on May 9. Four days later in Makhmur, another suicide truck bomb tore through the offices of a Kurdish political party, killing 50 people.

In the recording, the Islamic State of Iraq leader did not mention Saturday's deadly truck bomb in Armili, a Shiite town north of Baghdad, which killed more than 100 people. The attack was among the deadliest this year in Iraq and reinforced suspicions that al-Qaida extremists were moving north to less protected regions beyond the U.S. security crackdown in Baghdad.

Al-Baghdadi criticized Kurdish leaders for their alliance with Shiites in Iraq's government and accused them encouraging unsavory morals.

"The leaders of apostasy ... have impeded the march of Islam in Muslim Kurdistan and helped communism and secularism to spread. ... They insulted the religious scholars ... encouraged vices and women without veils," he said.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abuomaralbaghdadi; alqaedainiraq; alqaida; iran; iraq; islamic; islamicstateiniraq; threatens
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To: NormsRevenge
"We are giving the Persians, and especially the rulers of Iran, a two month period to end all kinds of support for the Iraqi Shiite government and to stop direct and indirect intervention ..."

That puts the deadline right about the same time as General Petreus is supposed to address Congress!

21 posted on 07/08/2007 5:10:38 PM PDT by airborne (COULTER: Actually, my favorite candidate is [Rep.] Duncan Hunter [R-CA], and he is magnificent.)
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To: the anti-liberal
>>>And this is a "revalation" to whom, exactly?<<<

Well, there's one guy! Silvestre Reyes New House Intel Committee Chairman.

He's the jerk that, upon becoming named House Intel Chairman by Nancy Pelosi was asked this question by a good reporter:

"Is al Qaeda made up of Shite or a Sunni muslim followers?"

His answer: "I believe its both but primarily Shite".

These folks might soon be running things...and they haven't a clue.

22 posted on 07/08/2007 5:12:08 PM PDT by HardStarboard (Take No Prisoners - We're Out of Qurans)
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To: HardStarboard

Just goes to show that intelligence is not a requirement for the job - if you’ve got the right connections.


23 posted on 07/08/2007 5:15:39 PM PDT by the anti-liberal (OUR schools are damaging OUR children)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Do you mean the part of the article that Iran is financially supporting a seperate Al Queda gang then the Iraqi Al Queda groups?

Kinda like gangs huh.
Territorial and controlling the flow of drugs/money or in the case of the ME money/power and random acts of hate.


24 posted on 07/08/2007 5:19:45 PM PDT by Global2010 ( Once I went Nanny Goat at the Ocean and then a Rip Tide hit me.)
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To: the anti-liberal

Click on the link and read the article.


25 posted on 07/08/2007 5:20:43 PM PDT by Global2010 ( Once I went Nanny Goat at the Ocean and then a Rip Tide hit me.)
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To: Cyclops08

Is that is what is happening in other countries like Africa and South America?


26 posted on 07/08/2007 5:23:03 PM PDT by Global2010 ( Once I went Nanny Goat at the Ocean and then a Rip Tide hit me.)
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To: Cyclops08

LOL. Third time is the a charm.

Trying to make it look like a busy thread? : )


27 posted on 07/08/2007 5:24:47 PM PDT by Global2010 ( Once I went Nanny Goat at the Ocean and then a Rip Tide hit me.)
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To: the anti-liberal
Popcorn!

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

28 posted on 07/08/2007 5:25:22 PM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: Cyclops08; Global2010; NormsRevenge
Could this be an American Psi-Ops? Get enemy factions fighting each other?

Sure sounds like it...

"Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes. Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success. We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place until there is no refuge or no rest. And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime."

(Link to quote at post #19)

29 posted on 07/08/2007 5:33:45 PM PDT by smoothsailing ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction"--President Ronald Reagan)
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To: NormsRevenge

May both sides lose...


30 posted on 07/08/2007 5:37:44 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
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To: Cobra64

yeah this should be good for a few shiites and giggles.


31 posted on 07/08/2007 5:43:48 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: goldstategop
I hope they go at each other hammers and tongs. Time to break out the beer and popcorn!

And bacon cheeseburgers.

Cheers!

32 posted on 07/08/2007 5:44:35 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: jveritas; FARS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; knighthawk; Marine_Uncle; SandRat; Steel Wolf; CAP; ...
“Al Qaeda in Iraq threatening Iran” ping, or “no honor among thieves” ping.
33 posted on 07/08/2007 6:21:30 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Democrats even want foreign terrorists to be treated like US citizens. Their love is misplaced.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Is this what’s known as “Red on Red”.....?


34 posted on 07/08/2007 6:29:24 PM PDT by spokeshave (Hey GOP...NO money till border closed and criminal illegals deported)
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To: do the dhue
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
35 posted on 07/08/2007 6:32:21 PM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: NormsRevenge

Pretty soon the only people Al-Queda will have left to deal with is the DNC??

Pray for W and Our Troops


36 posted on 07/08/2007 6:34:17 PM PDT by bray (Member of the FR President Bush underground)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

?


37 posted on 07/08/2007 6:59:51 PM PDT by Valin (History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
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To: NormsRevenge
The leader of an al-Qaida umbrella group in Iraq threatened to wage war against Iran unless it stops supporting Shiites in Iraq within two months, according to an audiotape released Sunday.

Get yer score card, get yer score card here, can't tell yer bad guys without a score card.

38 posted on 07/08/2007 7:39:44 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Democrat Happens!)
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To: NormsRevenge; SandRat; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; blam; SunkenCiv; Marine_Uncle; Allegra; onyx; ...
Thanks for the ping...

I'm in here late but some others might like to hear about this....

39 posted on 07/08/2007 8:12:53 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
Very likely!
40 posted on 07/08/2007 8:18:30 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
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