Iraqi Group Threatens to Kill Zarqawi

[darrels joy]

Iraqi Group Threatens to Kill Zarqawi
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
AP

BAGHDAD, Iraq ? A group of armed, masked Iraqi men threatened Tuesday to kill Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search) if he did not immediately leave the country, accusing him of murdering innocent Iraqis and defiling the Muslim religion.

The threats revealed the deep anger many Iraqis, including insurgent groups, feel toward foreign fighters, whom many consider as illegitimate a presence here as the 160,000 U.S. and other coalition troops.

In a videotape sent to the al-Arabiya television station, a group calling itself the "Salvation Movement," questioned how al-Zarqawi could use Islam to justify the killing of innocent civilians, the targeting of government officials and the kidnapping and beheading of foreigners.

"He must leave Iraq immediately, he and his followers and everyone who gives shelter to him and his criminal actions," said a man on the video.

The video marked the first time that an Iraqi group made such a public threat against al-Zarqawi.

It was issued a day after U.S.-led coalition forces, who have been targeting al-Zarqawi, launched an air strike in the restive city of Fallujah on a suspected safe house used by his followers. The attack killed 15 people, witnesses said.

In the video, three men, their faces covered with Arab headscarves, were flanked by rocket propelled grenades and an Iraqi flag. The man speaking had a clear Iraqi accent.

"We swear to Allah that we have started preparing ... to capture him and his allies or kill them and present them as gift to our people." the man said. "This is the last warning. If you don't stop, we will do to you what the coalition forces have failed to do."

Al-Zarqawi, said to be connected to Al Qaeda, is believed to be behind a series of coordinated attacks on police and security forces that killed 100 people only days before U.S. forces handed over power to an Iraqi interim government.

His followers have also claimed responsibility for the beheading of American businessman Nicholas Berg (search) and South Korean translator Kim Sun-il (search).

The attacks have led to fears that religious fanatics and Saddam loyalists may be joining forces to fight both the multinational force and the new Iraqi government, increasing violence that has wracked the country since the fall of Saddam Hussein 14 months ago.

Looks like the Iraqis are starting to seriously fight for their country. :cl:

Joy

[SuperScout]

Just wait until the ACLU hears about this threat, and Al what's-his-name's right to practice his perverted little religion! Our lunatic fringe will probably rush to his defense.

On a more thoughtful note, it is truly heartening to read that the local, seemingly sensible folks are seeing the threat to their country that this idiot poses. More closer to home, our #2 pup reported in last week that the car bomb factory seized by the 1st Cav folks was the result of a local, informing a security patrol of the presence of this factory. He recently assumed command of a UAV platoon, and just might be able to send us some photos of his airplane's efforts! Other targets that received a laser-guided present were the results of his platoon's efforts.

It does indeed seem that not only are we winning militarily, as if there was any doubt, but we are also winning psychologically, which is just as important, and perhaps more lasting. Now, if we could jst get the media to report accurately, but then that's assuming a frog will fly out of their collective arses on Friday, while whistling the Star Spangled Banner.

[darrels joy]

a frog will fly out of their collective arses on Friday, while whistling the Star Spangled Banner.

ROTFLMAO

Joy

[DMZ-LT]

Just learned , via , The History Channel that 2 years after the end of WWII Nazi insurgents were killing over 60 US troops a year. The German people finally ratted them out. This was kept out of the newspapers by the Army. How times have changed.