| DUBAI: Al Qaeda in Iraq warned in an Internet statement no Monday in reply to remarks by Pope Benedict XVI linking Islam with violence that it will wage jihad (holy war) until the West is defeated. "We say to the servant of the cross (the pope): wait for defeat... We say to infidels and tyrants: wait for what will afflict you. We continue our jihad. We will not stop until the banner of unicity flies throughout the world," said the statement attributed to the Mujahedeen consultative council. The authenticity of the statement could not be verified. |