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New Zarqawi tape blasts ulema (muslim scholars)
An audiotape purportedly made by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi lashed out Wednesday at Muslim scholars for not speaking out against U.S. actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying they have "let us down in the darkest circumstances." It was unclear whether the tape posted on the Internet Wednesday was intended as a direct threat against Iraq's Sunni religious establishment, who have come under attack recently with the slaying this week of two Sunni clerics by gunmen. On the tape, whose authenticity could not be confirmed, al-Zarqawi addressed his comments to the "ulema" senior Muslim religious clerics. The tape was not posted by al-Zarqawi's designated media coordinator, Abu Maysara al-Iraqi. It was unclear whether the material on the tape was new."You have let us down in the darkest circumstances and handed us over to the enemy... You have quit supporting the mujahedeen," al-Zarqawi purportedly said on the tape. "Hundreds of thousands of the nation's sons are being slaughtered at the hands of the infidels because of your silence." Posted by: Seafarious 2004-11-24 |
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