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Islamic Anger Brigades warn Arabs off
An Iraqi militant group has warned Arab states not to send troops to Iraq, saying they would meet the same fate as US soldiers, according to a video broadcast Wednesday by a pan-Arab TV channel. The previously unknown "Islamic Anger Brigades" issued the warning after Jordan, Bahrain and Yemen made conditional offers of troops to the interim Iraqi government last week. An editor at the Dubai-based Al Arabiya channel said the tape was apparently delivered to the satellite stationâs offices in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The editor, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the station had no further details on the group."We warn all Arab countries of the repercussions of sending troops to Iraq," said one of four men in the video, reading from a statement. Arab "countries sending troops to Iraq would face the same fate as the American forces in Iraq," he added. The men were brandishing automatic rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher According to another audiotape carrying a voice purporting to be that of Jordanian militant Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, the captors of US hostage Nicholas Berg beheaded him rather than accept money for his release to avenge Muslims who had suffered at the hands of American-led forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 60-minute recording, which was first posted on Islamic websites yesterday, claimed that there had been attempts â including the payment of money â to save Bergâs life, but the speaker did not identify who was behind the rescue bids. Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-07-14 |
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