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| Iraqi PM says major battle with Al-Qaeda nearing |
| 2008-01-25 |
| IRAQI Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki declared "final war" on al-Qaeda after bomb attacks killed dozens of people including a police chief in the city of Mosul. At least 35 people were killed and 217 wounded in a massive bomb attack Wednesday that obliterated a building and destroyed houses in Mosul, Iraq's third main city and capital of Nineveh province. A suicide bomber on Thursday killed provincial police chief Brigadier General Salah al-Juburi and two other officers when they went to inspect the previous day's carnage. Mr Maliki said Iraqi forces were moving towards Mosul, 370km north of Baghdad, for a major assault that would become a decisive battle. "We have formed an operations centre in Nineveh (province) for a final war against al-Qaeda and the remnants of the former (Saddam Hussein) regime," Mr Maliki said. "Today our forces are moving towards Mosul. What we have planned in Nineveh will be final. It will be a decisive battle," he said. "The crime committed by al-Qaeda on Wednesday in Nineveh is just the last remains of their resources. We have defeated al-Qaeda in Iraq and only Nineveh remains." He warned that the Iraqi army was now a powerful force. "We have a real Iraqi army. I want to say that to all those people who think they can do things in front of the Iraqi security forces that those days have gone." US intelligence experts warned that Mosul remained a dangerous "strategic centre of gravity for al-Qaeda" due to its road links to the Syrian border, which most foreign fighters used as their springboard. The jihadists can easily blend in with the local population. Three weeks ago, US and Iraqi forces launched a fresh assault against al-Qaeda operatives, blamed for much of the violence in Iraq. On Thursday, Mr Maliki issued an angry statement saying that those behind the Mosul attacks would be hunted down and brought to justice. "This crime exposes the moral bankruptcy of the terrorists after a string of defeats at the hands of our armed forces," he said. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #1 IRAN-DAILY uses the term "DECISIVE BATTLE"??? *"DECISIVE BATTLE/FINAL WAR" > again, the OSAMA I know [and aligned]desires that ISLAM = RADICAL ISLAMISM WIN "VICTORY OR DEATH", etc, vv END-TIMES APOCALYPTIC WAR AGZ US-WEST IN IRAN. It remians my opinion that AQ, etal. Islamists will wage one more broad campaign in IRAQ before shifting operational focii to defense of Iran. AGAIN, OSAMA > NO APOCALYPTIC CONFLICT IN IRAN = ISLAMIST WAR AGZ US-WEST WILL GO ON INDEFINITELY, at minima for the duration of Osama's natural lifetime. Again again, WOT > WAR FOR OWG/GLOBAL GOVT. = WAR FOR CONTROL OF THE WORLD, TO INCLUDE WAR FOR CONTROL OF AMERICA = DEFEAT/DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA. Also, "FASCISM" > error-prone, imperfect LIMITED/DEREGULATED COMMUNISM-TOTALITARIANISM. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-01-25 19:18 |