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Al-Qaeda issues response to latest US-Iraqi offensive
The Mujahideen Shura Council issued a statement today, March 17, 2006, addressing the new military campaign recently launched by American and Iraqi forces in the north of Iraq. The group notes the campaigns moniker of being the biggest attack with area support since the start of the War in Iraq, and disparages the forces as losers for launching the offensive as an alleged means to frighten the Sunni people and coerce them to accept the new Iraqi government. To meet the enemy, the statement reads that the Mujahideen Shura Council has prepared for the attack and warns the Sunni people to not believe the propaganda and deception of the unbelievers in their psychological war.Further, the message addresses previous large-scale campaigns and states: Only their noses were rubbed in the mud and their voices were heard loudly calling to leave. This operation will end up the same way as the previous ones. Operation Swarmer, reported as the largest air assault since the initiation of the War in Iraq, consists of over 1,000 troops of the American and Iraqi forces being deployed into the north of Samarra. The Mujahideen Shura Council is composed of seven insurgency groups in Iraq: al-Qaeda in Iraq, Victorious Army Group, the Army of al-Sunnah Wal Jamaa, Ansar al-Tawhid Brigades, Islamic Jihad Brigades, the Strangers Brigades, and the Horrors Brigades, collaborating to meet the unbelievers gathering with different sides and defend Islam. Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-03-18 |
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