A group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi today said it had tried to kill Iraqi Shiite leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim and warned of more attempts on his life, according to an Internet statement. "On Monday, a lion from the martyrs' brigade of the Qaeda Organisation of Holy War in Iraq launched an attack on one of the apostates and traitors. Hakim, we tell you that if the arrow has failed to strike you, there are other arrows in our pouch," the statement said. Hakim, head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), survived a suicide car bombing yesterday, which killed 13 people and injured 53. He heads a Shiite list expected to dominate next month's election, and is likely to play a major role in Iraq's future. | Which is why they tried to off him. Since Binny just declared Zarqawi his deputy, guess this means war between al-Qaida and SCIRI has just been declared. |
Zarqawi's group also claimed in web statements today an assassination attempt on an Iraqi general, but distanced itself from an earlier attack on the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad. "A lion from the martyrs' brigade of the Qaeda Organisation for Holy War in Iraq attacked the house of the apostate head of the National Guard," one statement said. But the group said in another statement that it was not responsible for a fuel tanker explosion near the Jordanian embassy, which killed nine people. The attack appeared to have been a suicide attack on the embassy. | Trying to leave the door open in case he needs to return to Jordan? |
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