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| Comparison of Zarqawi’s Statements About Using Chemical Weapons |
| 2004-04-30 |
| In his latest audiotape, Ansar al-Islam’s Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi admits that Jordan was in fact targeted. But Zarqawi accuses the Jordanian government of lying about chemical bombs being used in the attack and denies that al-Qaida has chemical weapons: The allegation that there was a chemical bomb to kill thousands of people is a mere lie. God knows, if we did possess a chemical bomb, we wouldn’t hesitate one second to use it to hit Israeli cities such as Eilat and Tel Aviv. However, according to an Ansar al-Islam statement distributed on leaflets in Iraq around mid April, the group not only has weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weapons, it intends on using them soon: Prepare yourselves, O mean, terrorist, and lying Americans. For we will teach you lessons that you will not forget as long as you live about sacrifice and martyrdom for the sake of homelands and the defense of honor, principles, and values. We will strike at you with all the weapons available to us, including conventional, chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons. You will see blacker days than the 11 September incidents. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |