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  • Al-Zarqawi clashes with mentor over suicide attacks

    07/12/2005 1:24:44 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 24 replies · 1,217+ views
    Sydney Morning Hearld ^ | July 12, 2005 | Reuters
    Iraq's al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi reproached his spiritual mentor for criticising suicide attacks in Iraq, saying this only weakened the jihad, according to an internet statement attributed to him on Monday. Issam Baraqi, better known as Sheik Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi, last week told Al-Jazeera television that random suicide bombings in Iraq were not valid and that it was wrong to "declare Shiites infidels or make them equal to Jews or Christians". Al Qaeda Organisation for Holy War in Iraq, led by Zarqawi, has carried out some of the deadliest attacks against US forces, the Iraqi Government and forces and...