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Zarqawi Web Post Decries Insurgent Sweep
ASSOCIATED PRESS ^ | Sep 11 8:41 PM US/Eastern | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF

Posted on 09/11/2005 10:33:17 PM PDT by Milhous

CAIRO, Egypt

The al-Qaida leader in Iraq purportedly criticized U.S. and Iraqi forces for recent fighting in northern Iraq, where hundreds of insurgents were killed or captured, and urged his fighters to prepare for a "final" battle in an audiotape posted Sunday on the Internet.

The recording attributed to Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi claimed that the insurgents inflicted casualties on the allied troops in the Tal Afar battle. U.S. and Iraqi forces attacked the insurgent stronghold on Saturday and by Sunday night reported 156 militants were killed and 246 captured.

"The Crusaders mobilized their big armies and used the most destructive and lethal weapons and the most deadly and hurtful poison gas together with their stooges," he said. "But God made them drink at the hands of the mujahedeen the different kinds of death and made them face horrible things that they will never forget."

The voice could not be authenticated, however it was similar to previous recordings attributed to the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi. The tape was posted on an Islamic Web site often used as a clearinghouse for militant statements.

U.S. officials could not immediately be reached for comment, but the Americans have consistently denied using poison gas in warfare.

The man on the audio recording urged his fighters to be ready for a "final" battle and show no kindness to the Americans, whom he called "cowards who always seek to run away."

He also referred to Iraqi effort to adopt a new constitution that their U.S. backers hope will be a step toward stabilizing the security situation in Iraq and allowing foreign troops to withdraw.

"Your enemy is now witnessing his worst days on the land of Iraq, seeking to get out of it but he can't find the way out; trying to get out of the swamp through the oppressive constitution," the speaker said.

"Be aware and keep your fingers on the triggers. The final and decisive battle is approaching and we are determined to uproot them and make them taste the horrors of the battle," he added.

The speaker also called the Hurricane Katrina disaster in the United States an answer to prayers.

"The hurricane was the result of a prayer from a father who lost his son or from a woman assaulted in the land of Iraq or Afghanistan. Heaven's door was opened and the response came from God," he said.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaida; iraq; jihad; oif; terrorism; terrorists; zarqawi
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1 posted on 09/11/2005 10:33:18 PM PDT by Milhous
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To: Milhous
This asshole is whistling through the graveyard.
2 posted on 09/11/2005 10:37:29 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: Milhous
Sounds like Zucchini has lost it.
3 posted on 09/11/2005 10:40:44 PM PDT by Liberal Bob (http://democrap.com)
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To: blackbart.223

He's all sh*t and no g*t.


4 posted on 09/11/2005 10:41:49 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Typing from an undisclosed location.)
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To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...

ping


5 posted on 09/11/2005 10:41:53 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Milhous
The final and decisive battle is approaching

Another one of those, "Mother of all battles" is coming?

6 posted on 09/11/2005 10:42:14 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon (Recall Barbara Boxer)
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To: Milhous

I hope when our Warriors find this shithead they gut him in front of his followers and then throw his dead body in a truck full of Swine


7 posted on 09/11/2005 10:42:29 PM PDT by MJY1288 (Whenever a Liberal is Speaking on the Senate Floor, Al-Jazeera Breaks in and Covers it LIVE)
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To: blackbart.223

Lots of talk about poison gas in northern Iraq the last 2 days. I know troops there have been on alert for a possible chem attack for some time now in Mosul. Just makes me wonder--and worry.


8 posted on 09/11/2005 10:42:33 PM PDT by metalcor
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To: Milhous

I LOVE THE SMELL OF VICTORY !


9 posted on 09/11/2005 10:44:18 PM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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To: Milhous
prepare for a "final" battle in an audiotape posted Sunday on the Internet.

Must be getting desperate.

10 posted on 09/11/2005 10:44:33 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Milhous

The Crusaders mobilized their big armies
and used the most destructive and
lethal weapons and the most deadly and
hurtful poison gas together with their stooges

11 posted on 09/11/2005 10:45:08 PM PDT by BigFinn
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To: Milhous
he adds;

"I'll be thinking of you all from the squalor of my five star safe house here in Damascus. These Sudanese slave girls don't even know how to make good daiquiris. Happy martyrdom"
12 posted on 09/11/2005 10:46:01 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: metalcor

guttin him is too good-please behead that son of a bitch and make sure we broadcast it all over the world-


13 posted on 09/11/2005 10:48:23 PM PDT by highseasailor (highseasailor)
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To: Milhous
urged his fighters to prepare for a "final" battle in an audiotape

Is this final battle like Saddham's Mother of all battles?
One could only hope.

But its odd him talking about final battles unless he is getting pretty desparate. Urging his minions on to their death while hiding in Syria makes for fewer and fewer minions.

It would seem the last push into Tel Afar has hit a bigger nerve than initially thought.

14 posted on 09/11/2005 10:48:46 PM PDT by konaice
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To: Milhous; Grampa Dave; Marine_Uncle; Gucho; SandRat; SmithL; pissant; DogBarkTree; saquin; ...

Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi is losing!


15 posted on 09/11/2005 10:49:06 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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Why can't we just use our superior warriors, use our true force and end all this bullsh*t already. We are wasting too much time pussyfooting around.


16 posted on 09/11/2005 10:49:13 PM PDT by KarenMarie
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To: konaice

Yeah but will that coward be fighting with them?


18 posted on 09/11/2005 10:49:42 PM PDT by lndrvr1972
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To: highseasailor

As long as he promises to make the battle 'final', we can even let him pick the venue. I've been waiting for a final battle against these sheet wearing suicidal 21st century rejects for 4 years.


19 posted on 09/11/2005 10:49:57 PM PDT by bpjam (Now accepting liberal apologies.....)
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To: metalcor
"Lots of talk about poison gas in northern Iraq the last 2 days. I know troops there have been on alert for a possible chem attack for some time now in Mosul. Just makes me wonder--and worry."

Just rember one thing. These guys are not Superman. They are just murdering thugs that think they serve some purpose that that really don't understand anyway.

20 posted on 09/11/2005 10:50:12 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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