 | Zut alors! Al-Jizz getting dissed by Al-Q... |
A statement in the name of the al-Qaida in Iraq (terror group posted Saturday on the Internet accused Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera of trying to win U.S. favor by reporting false information about an attack the group had claimed responsibility for. | "Lies! All lies! Al-Jazeera is a very untrustworthy organization...take our word for it!" |
The statement, which could not be immediately verified, related to a Friday bombing outside a Shiite mosque in Balad Ruz, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, that killed 12 people as worshippers left prayer services. News reports suggested the mosque was targeted. But the group led by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed the target was actually a nearby Iraqi National Guard convoy. | "See! It was our bomb! But Mahmoud the idiot put it by the mosque of the infidel Shia instead of in the path of the infidel lackey dogs. And the infidel Al-Jizz twisted our words. We just can't get good help these days, by Allan! What's a terror org to do? |
"After we posted a statement (claiming responsibility) ... we found that Al-Jazeera tried to alter the facts and attributed to us (something) we didn't say," said the statement that appeared on an Internet site used as a clearing house for extremist Islamic material. "We didn't say in our statement that we targeted the mosque, but that we targeted the infidel guards, and we hit them directly." It also accused Qatar-based Al-Jazeera of falsifying the report in a bid to "flatter the Americans" and interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's government. | "We bought 'em fair and square! They should stay bought!" |
U.S. officials have been critical of Al-Jazeera's coverage of the war in Iraq, and Iraq's interim government closed the station's offices in August after accusing it of inciting violence. Al-Jazeera editor-in-chief Ayman Gaballah defended his station, saying it relied on reports from news agencies operating inside Iraq. "No one will issue a statement saying they are happy with our reporting," he said. | "Why's ev'rybody always picking on me?" |
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