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Al-Zarqawi's Group in Iraq Changes Name
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Posted on 10/19/2004 5:39:25 PM PDT by jmc1969

Al-Zarqawi's Group in Iraq Changes Name

Associated Press

CAIRO, Egypt - Tawhid and Jihad, the Iraqi militant group of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, apparently has changed its name two days after announcing its merger with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida organization.

An Internet statement released Tuesday under the purported new name, al-Qaida of Jihad in the Land of Two Rivers, claimed responsibility for an attack on a U.S. military convoy west of the Iraqi city of Fallujah the same day. The two rivers in the new name refers to the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in Iraq.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 200410; alqaeda; alqaedairaq; altawhid; ansaralislam; aqi; euphrates; iraq; isil; isis; napalminthemorning; osama; tawhid; tigris; tworivers; wot; zarqawi
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To: jmc1969

But will their new name make them look any different through an ACOG??


61 posted on 10/19/2004 7:24:54 PM PDT by fire_eye (Socialism is the opiate of academia.)
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To: jmc1969
purported new name, al-Qaida of Jihad in the Land of Two Rivers

Just like rearranging deck chairs on the titanic. We'll just call you al for short.

62 posted on 10/19/2004 7:41:50 PM PDT by swheats
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To: jmc1969

Al-Zarqawi = Al-Zarkerri


63 posted on 10/19/2004 7:45:14 PM PDT by airborne (God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is ,"No".)
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To: All

They shoulda gone with: "The He-Man Infidel Haters Club"


64 posted on 10/19/2004 7:45:34 PM PDT by Mr. Buzzcut
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To: servantoftheservant

"What about 'Derka Derka Jihad Allah'."

BWAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


65 posted on 10/19/2004 7:59:08 PM PDT by adam_az (Call your State GOP office and volunteer!)
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To: Unam Sanctam

"What does "al Qaida" mean in English?"

The Base, actually.

as in, "All Your al Qaeda are Belong to Us"


66 posted on 10/19/2004 8:00:45 PM PDT by adam_az (Call your State GOP office and volunteer!)
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To: adam_az

They say that the more notable you get, the shorter your name can be.
This new name is much, much sorter than, say, "Rush," for instance.


67 posted on 10/19/2004 8:07:07 PM PDT by unspun (RU working your precinct, churchmembers, etc. 4 good votes? | Not "Unspun w/ AnnaZ" but I appreciate)
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To: adam_az

They say that the more notable you get, the shorter your name can be.
This new name is much, much longer than, say, "Rush," for instance.

("longer" - maybe I need to turn in)


68 posted on 10/19/2004 8:07:36 PM PDT by unspun (RU working your precinct, churchmembers, etc. 4 good votes? | Not "Unspun w/ AnnaZ" but I appreciate)
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To: swheats; jmc1969

Did anybody doubt the Zarkerri/Bin Laden connection? It is interesting they changed the name to al-Qaida of Jihad in the Land of Two Rivers.


69 posted on 10/19/2004 8:10:01 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: jmc1969
al-Qaida of Jihad in the Land of Two Rivers

Sounds like the title of a Dr. Seuss book.

70 posted on 10/19/2004 8:18:02 PM PDT by mass55th (Hey John Boy, I got your global test right here!!!!)
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To: jmc1969
The name translates more acurately as "the Base of Holy-War in Mesopatamia".
Al-Qaeda is a metagroup formed by the merger of many others including Islamic Jihad, Al-Ga'ama al-Islamya, Ansar-Al Islam, and various Mujihadeen factions from Afghanistan. "Al Qaeda" means "the base".
71 posted on 10/19/2004 8:18:48 PM PDT by rmlew (Copperheads and Peaceniks beware! Sedition is a crime.)
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To: TexKat; ArmyBratproud

Two other reasons I'd like to add as to why bin Laden may be dead:

1) today read on the news that president Bush has made the capture of al-Zarquavi his number one priority on the WoT.

2) I don't remember the original bounty on bin Laden head is/was. Maybe $25 million. Well, Zarquavi has a bounty also for $25 million.


72 posted on 10/19/2004 8:52:43 PM PDT by not-a-neocon
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To: meyer

The should call themselves "The Going to Hell Gang".


73 posted on 10/19/2004 8:53:42 PM PDT by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
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To: meyer

I thought maybe "jihad liberals".


74 posted on 10/19/2004 9:20:17 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: adam_az

My husband is roflhao, tears streaming. Gasping," that is brilliant"


75 posted on 10/19/2004 9:21:23 PM PDT by WifeMotherDaughterSister (Okay, who took my summit schedule?)
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To: WifeMotherDaughterSister

Original photo at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041019/ids_photos_ts/r1828725388.jpg


76 posted on 10/19/2004 9:29:59 PM PDT by adam_az (Call your State GOP office and volunteer!)
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To: jmc1969

What, their al Qaeda badges got lost in the mail on the way from Afghanistan?

Oh, that's right... they were completely different before. Totally different group, totally different objectives. And now -- out of the blue -- they're al Qaeda. Uh huh. Okay.

I can't believe the number of Americans who allow themselves to get all tangled up in what these godless bastards are calling themselves. They're jihadists. Every last one of them. Same team, same playbook, same goal. Considering that the goal is our annihilation, you'd think people would wise the hell up.

Sorry for the angry rant... Just had an irritating call with my mother (a Kerry supporter).


77 posted on 10/19/2004 9:47:52 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Got crack?)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

I know how you feel. I hung up on my mother this morning having the same kind of fight.


78 posted on 10/19/2004 9:54:48 PM PDT by hipaatwo
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To: jmc1969

How 'bout "Democrat Party Overseas Auxiliary"?


79 posted on 10/19/2004 10:15:17 PM PDT by ClaudiusI
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To: jmc1969
They should change it to "Burger King", or "Coca-Cola", or something else that people would recognize.
George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent

80 posted on 10/19/2004 10:23:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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