Posted on 11/18/2004 6:37:57 PM PST by pissant
Thursday's threat came as the death toll for U.S. troops in Falluja climbed to 51 since American and Iraqi troops launched an offensive against insurgents there 11 days ago.
Meanwhile, insurgents fired a mortar round Thursday into the office of Nineveh's provincial governor in Mosul, the U.S. military said. U.S. and Iraqi security forces have stepped up their fight against the resistance in the northern city, in response to an insurgent offensive apparently timed to divert attention from the Falluja operation. (Full story)
The militant group, Ansar al-Sunna, said in a statement published on its Web site: "We ask all Muslims to respond to God's calling and avoid showing up at the election posts."
The group warned that voting sites would be targeted "because they are infidel posts."
Iraq's interim government plans to hold elections for a transitional parliament in January, and the offensive against insurgents in Falluja was meant to restore interim government control over that area ahead of the vote
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Wow, who knew that the DNC could switch their operations to Iraq so quickly?
Every time I happen to see Jihadi Jane reporting from Iraq I just can't get over the strong feeling that she's rooting for the enemy, it comes through loud and clear to me, of course it is AL CNN, Saddam's old media outlet.
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