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2004-06-24 Iraq-Jordan

Todayâs corpse count now at 100, Zarqawi claims credit

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-06-24 4:33:02 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 One thing I forgot to add but should have - I'm not sure if this has come out in the English press just yet, but Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri has sworn bayat to Zarqawi, converted to Wahhabism, and formally merged his followers with Zarqawi's.

Those are the former regime elements that Allawi is referencing.

Posted by Dan Darling 2004-06-24 4:40:23 PM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2004-06-24 4:40:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 What is bayat? I'm not familiar with the term...

Posted by Seafarious 2004-06-24 4:42:17 PM|| 2004-06-24 4:42:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Bayat is an oath of unconditional allegiance.

It's a common enough practice in al-Qaeda training camps, which in turn got the idea from Hezbollah.

Posted by Dan Darling 2004-06-24 4:43:32 PM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2004-06-24 4:43:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Dan, this foxnews.com story mentions al-Douri's pledge of fealty to bin Laden (and Zarqawi's ties to bin Laden:

As I mentioned previously, John Loftus claims that while al-Douri's sons are in Fallujah, Izzat himself is being given sanctuary in Saudi Arabia.

Posted by Tibor 2004-06-24 5:01:49 PM|| 2004-06-24 5:01:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The link was supposed to be there. Let's try again:

In case the link doesn't work, here's the URL: HTTP://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,123656,00.html

Posted by Tibor 2004-06-24 5:04:32 PM|| 2004-06-24 5:04:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Kindly note that in the snapshot of today's casualties, the "popular revolt" has spent a great deal more time killing Iraqis than it is killing American soldiers.

We should adjust our tactics to fit.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-06-24 8:48:39 PM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-06-24 8:48:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 the "popular revolt" has spent a great deal more time killing Iraqis than it is killing American soldiers

Phil - Have you (or anybody else) seen any site that's tried to keep a count of this? I mean, the numbers of Iraqis killed by these animals since the war ended has got to be getting pretty high.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2004-06-24 10:10:12 PM|| [http://www.punictreachery.com] 2004-06-24 10:10:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I bet CentCom has a tally, even if the alphabets ignore it

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-24 10:44:14 PM|| 2004-06-24 10:44:14 PM|| Front Page Top

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