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Al Baghdadi says Iraq a "university of terror"
The head of an al Qaeda-led group in Iraq said the country has become a "university of terrorism" producing highly qualified warriors since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. In an audio recording found on the Internet on Tuesday, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq, also sought to mend fences with other anti-U.S. insurgent groups in Iraq following reports of tensions between them. The authenticity of the tape, issued to mark the fourth anniversary of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, could not be verified. But it was posted on Web sites used by al Qaeda and other insurgent groups in Iraq. "From the military point of view, one of the (enemy) devils was right in saying that if Afghanistan was a school of terror, then Iraq is a university of terrorism," said the leader of the group set up last year by al Qaeda's Iraq wing and some other Sunni groups.I believe that actually Al Baghdadi's group was formed by the remnants of A.Q.'s Iraq wing and those other Sunni terror groups. A slight but meaningful difference, that impacts strongly on the validity of the simile. "The largest batch of soldiers for jihad in the path of God in the history of Iraq are graduating and they have the highest level of competence in the world." Perhaps those that survive do, although that's debateable. But then, so few survive long enough to achieve even minimal competence. "The fear of the American Marines has disappeared from the hearts of the people of the world, as the mujahideen have become thousands from the few they were after the fall of the infidel Baath regime," Baghdadi said. "These are just some of the achievements of four years of jihad." He has to say something, but all he has is parroting the words of the enemy devils. Pathetic. Posted by: trailing wife 2007-04-17 |
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