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Islamist Groups Vow to Spread Fight Across Iraq
Rooters via Yahoo ^ | 11/13/04 | Lin Noueihed

Posted on 11/13/2004 3:01:03 PM PST by TomDoniphon68

Islamist groups, including one led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, vowed in a video obtained on Saturday to take their battle in the rebel city of Falluja to all corners of Iraq

 

A masked gunman reading a joint statement from several militant groups also warned Iraqi government workers and soldiers would be targeted unless they stopped work immediately.

The video, obtained by Reuters in Falluja, showed three masked men carrying assault rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. It could not be immediately authenticated.

"In response to the crimes and mass annihilation the Muslims of Falluja are facing, the groups Qaeda Organization of Jihad in Iraq, the Islamic Army, the 1920 Revolution Brigades ... announce the spread of the battle to all governorates and parts of Iraq," one gunman read from a handwritten piece of paper.

"We warn all employees in the government and ministries, both civilian and military, not to go to work and to announce civil disobedience because remaining at work is doing a service to the Americans and collaborator government.

"Anyone who does otherwise will make himself a target for us." Essential services such as health, water and electricity were exempted, he said.

Some of the 11 groups named have claimed some of the bloodiest bombings, killings and kidnappings in Iraq.

U.S.-led forces began a major offensive against Falluja on Monday aimed at clearing it of foreign Islamic militants andSaddam Hussein (news - web sites) loyalist guerrillas.

U.S. and Iraqi officials have acknowledged many fighters, including Zarqawi himself, probably fled the city ahead of the assault that residents say has caused heavy civilian suffering.

Violence has spiked in several cities across Iraq since the start of the offensive, much of it in the form of attacks on police and National Guards whom insurgents opposed to the U.S. presence in Iraq view as collaborators.

"All citizens must stay away from places where American troops, pagan army and collaborator police are present," the gunman warned in the video.


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1 posted on 11/13/2004 3:01:04 PM PST by TomDoniphon68
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To: TomDoniphon68

they only one who is listening to these idots is us and the MSM..... and the dems.... or dims ..... as the case may be...


2 posted on 11/13/2004 3:02:19 PM PST by Gibtx (Pajamahadien call to arms.....)
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To: TomDoniphon68
The video, obtained by Reuters in Falluja

The terrorists know exactly where to go to get their propaganda spread for them.

3 posted on 11/13/2004 3:08:14 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: TomDoniphon68
Bring it on!

So our gyuz can say...

Let's roll!!!

4 posted on 11/13/2004 3:21:01 PM PST by upchuck (Pajamas? I don' need no steenking pajamas!!)
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To: TomDoniphon68
WEAPONS FOUND – Iraqi Soldiers from the 303rd Iraqi National Guard Battalion, along with soldiers from the 45th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, lay out weapons found in the Um Kabul mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 11, 2004. Iraqi soldiers arrested the mosque's imam, along with 15 other individuals, after 5 rocket propelled grenade launchers, 10 RPG rounds, and 10 AK-47s were found in the mosque. Defense Department photo by U.S. Army Cpl. John Wright
5 posted on 11/13/2004 3:21:42 PM PST by Flavius ("... we should reconnoitre assiduosly... " Vegetius)
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To: Flavius

The kid doesn't look like he's buying what the other guy is saying.


6 posted on 11/13/2004 3:26:46 PM PST by Kadric
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To: TomDoniphon68

Zarqawi is a Murdering gangster, a mad dog.
The Iraqi people should turn him in and collect the 25 million dollar reward.

then kill all his followers.

The enemy of your enemy is your enemy also.


7 posted on 11/13/2004 3:28:22 PM PST by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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To: TomDoniphon68

someone has done a real good job by developing this "islamist" word as if that is a small isolated group of muslims. the word should be eliminated and just replaced with "muslim." its like saying i dont support our military because im not out there fighting. i do support our military just like the vast majority of muslims support their "islamists."


8 posted on 11/13/2004 3:33:10 PM PST by CaptainAwesome2
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To: TomDoniphon68

>A masked gunman reading a joint statement from
>several militant groups also warned Iraqi government
>workers and soldiers would be targeted unless they
>stopped work immediately.

As if this threat hadn't been repeated a thousand times before.

Where would these guys be without the main stream media to fluff them up? I'm convinced the MSM needs these guys to keep their Nielsen ratings up. 'Terrorism' is a 'reality' show they have created, and it sells advertising slots by keeping people glued to the TV.


9 posted on 11/13/2004 3:35:12 PM PST by nonomous
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To: FarRightTexasDude

Turn off the 'lectric. Turn off the water. Bring in some pigs to marry their daughters.


11 posted on 11/13/2004 3:56:39 PM PST by ReadyNow (When you see the eye, expect a lie!)
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To: FarRightTexasDude

Those items look far too unstable to have been moved outside to me.

I would recommend that in future if munitions are found in any building they should be declared too unsafe to move and destroyed in situ using a healthy sized satchel charge.

This should apply to anything over 5 rounds of pistol ammunition found in one place.

Conversely, any grenades discovered can be confiscated, fuses cut for instantaneous det and left where they can easily be foundby the terrs. Pull pin, release trigger and it's instant 'Goodnight sweet prince', or in this case, Ali bin Burmail.


12 posted on 11/13/2004 4:01:37 PM PST by 5050 no line
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To: TomDoniphon68

Apparently, the islomowussies didn't get enough whoop-ass in Fallujah. Evil & stupid is no way to go through your very short life span.


13 posted on 11/13/2004 4:03:26 PM PST by MichiganCheese (Madonna: The Whore of Babble-On.)
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