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Zarqawi planned to ignite regional sectarian violence, inter-Shi'ite war
Slain Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi aimed to trigger a bloody regional Shia-Sunni conflict, state television reported Monday, as the US military prepared to reveal results of the autopsy on his corpse.Iraqs state television Al-Iraqiya quoted the documents seized from his bombed safe house as saying Zarqawi planned to create a war between the Shias of Iraq and the Sunni Arabs in the Gulf. It said he aimed to create divisions within the Shia community and between Shias and Americans and between Iraqi Shia politicians Ahmed Chalabi and Iyad Allawi, the former pro-Western premier of Iraq. He also had his eyes set on igniting a conflict between powerful Iraqi Shia politician Abdel Aziz al-Hakim and fiery Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the report said. He also planned to infiltrate the security forces in Iraq by getting his men join the forces during recruitment camps, the report added. The documents however also acknowledged the growing might of security forces and the increased pressures the insurgents faced while operating in Iraq, the report added. Zarqawi and five others were killed in a US air raid on a safe house near the restive city of Baquba on Wednesday. Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-06-13 |
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