BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An insurgent group linked to al-Qaeda of Iraq urged militants to continue attacks against U.S. forces even after combat troops were pulled from city centers, according to an audiotape released on Wednesday.
"Even if the Americans remain nowhere but a small spot in the Iraqi desert ... so every Muslim should battle them until they are expelled," the voice, reported to be Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, head of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq, said in the recording posted on a website used by jihadists.
The Iraqi government heralded the capture this spring of a man they identified as Baghdadi, just as an uptick in major attacks raised troubling questions about whether Iraq would be able to maintain a sharp decline in the violence unleashed by the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
It was not the first time Iraqi officials had announced the capture of someone identified as Baghdadi, and the Sunni Arab insurgent group has since denied his arrest.
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Is anyone surprized? Get the troops out now!
ReplyDeleteal-Qaeda did not even exist in Iraq until we destabilized the whole region and gave them fertile ground to grow.
ReplyDeleteWe would do the same if there were foreign troops living in our country. Get out! You are not welcome.
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ReplyDeleteReally? what about all the people that are here illegally and the government is doing nothing about it. They are bleeding us dry and they are not welcome. Can we make them get out?
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ReplyDeleteI am 2:43 and you are exactly right. Good point, we are the victims of an unarmed invasion. Invasion none the less.