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Al-Qaeda claims Mosul bombing
A militant coalition led by Al-Qaeda's Iraq branch claimed it was begin attack against an Iraqi army center Monday that killed at least 40 people and said the suicide bomber was a Saudi, according to an Internet statement."A brother... from Mohammed's Peninsula (Saudi Arabia)... wearing an explosives belt plunged this morning into the crusaders' base northeast of Tal Afar and infiltrated among hundreds of recruits before blowing himself up," said the statement by the Mujahedeen Consultative Council. "The blessed operation left hundreds killed or wounded," according to the statement, whose authenticity could not be verified. At least 40 people were killed and 20 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of people waiting at an army recruitment center near Tal Afar. The Mujahedeen Consultative Council, established in January, groups seven Sunni Muslim armed factions and is dominated by Al-Qaeda's Iraqi branch led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Saudi Arabia itself has been battling Al-Qaeda militants, and an undetermined number of Saudis are among Arab fighters taking part in the insurgency against US-led and local government forces in Iraq. Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-03-28 |
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