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| al-Tawhid merges with al-Qaeda |
| 2004-10-20 |
| Tawhid and Jihad, the Iraqi militant group of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, apparently has changed its name two days after announcing its merger with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization. An Internet statement released Tuesday under the purported new name, al-Qaeda of Jihad in the Land of Two Rivers, claimed responsibility for an attack on a U.S. military convoy west of the Iraqi city of Fallujah the same day. The two rivers in the new name refers to the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in Iraq. Witnesses in Habaniyah, west of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, reported seeing three American Humvees burning, but the U.S. military didn't comment on the alleged attack. "A lion from the martyrdom brigades ... plowed into an American convoy that had entered Habaniyah," said the statement. The authenticity of the statement could not be independently verified. "The brother, God accept him, managed to destroy five Hummer vehicles and all those inside," the statement added. The claim was posted under the new name by Abu Maysara al-Iraqi, a pseudonym that al-Zarqawi's Tawhid and Jihad group had said was its legitimate source of information. The statement, written in similar language to previous Tawhid and Jihad statements, also was posted on a Web site known as a clearing house for Islamic militants. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 My understanding is that OBL was reallocated to a sinkin fund where he's acretin. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-10-20 8:13:53 PM |
| #6 LOL! OBL is their prime liquid (pls!) asset. $25 million would go a long way in covering the merger expenses. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-20 4:45:36 PM |
| #5 Don't expect any attacks from the a-QoJitLofTR anytime soon; they have to integrate their personnel software and the paycheck software and get with their accountants and downsize the company motor pool and maybe pick a new food services company to run the commissary, and let's not forget letterhead, people! And with a name like al-Qaeda of Jihad in the Land of Two Rivers, they will have to do all of their printing landscape. |
| Posted by: (lowercase) matt 2004-10-20 3:37:28 PM |
| #4 Yeah but if they cut heads it may help them ride out the coming market collapse. At least they've got a lot of experience. BTW, is this subject to SEC approval? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-10-20 9:33:35 AM |
| #3 Merger, huh? I see a lot of job duplication here, so you gotta wonder about layoffs. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-10-20 9:25:30 AM |
| #2 Oh no! This will change everything. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-20 2:21:41 AM |
| #1 A.k.a. Monist Beheaders merge with Nihilist Murderers. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-10-20 1:44:35 AM |