Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

[Casey]

Newsday Exclusive: Where is al-Zarqawi?

BY MOHAMAD BAZZI
STAFF WRITER

December 21, 2004

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq -- Where is Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?

That question has confounded the U.S. military for more than a year. U.S. and Iraqi officials insisted for months that the most wanted man in Iraq was hiding in the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. But after recapturing the city last month, U.S. forces did not find al-Zarqawi there.

The Jordanian-born militant has achieved mythic status as a master of disguise and escape. Although al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for scores of kidnappings, suicide bombings and beheadings of foreigners, many Iraqis believe that al-Zarqawi does not even exist. They say he was invented by the United States to justify its raids and bombing campaigns.

Al-Zarqawi's influence on the Iraqi insurgency is more complicated than both the U.S. military and al-Zarqawi make it out to be, according to Kurdish security officials. They say al-Zarqawi is likely moving around central and northern Iraq alone, finding shelter in Sunni Muslim areas dominated by former members of Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime.

"He can move around any number of Iraqi areas. He can change his appearance, he can change his papers," said Dana Ahmad Majid, head of security for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, one of two parties that control the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. "He could be moving around alone without any problem. Al-Zarqawi is a single man, and it's always extremely difficult to capture a single person."

Asked if he thought al-Zarqawi escaped during last month's U.S. assault on Fallujah, Majid smiled, took a drag on his cigarette and said, "Who knows that al-Zarqawi was ever in Fallujah?"

In interviews over the past week, Majid and other security officials painted a picture of how the insurgency is operating in northern Iraq, especially in the city of Mosul and surrounding areas that have long been Baathist strongholds. The assessments of these officials -- based on interrogation of dozens of insurgents captured over the past year -- contradict some of the U.S. military's repeated assertions about al-Zarqawi's role in the insurgency.

Kurdish officials acknowledged that the most vexing challenge in combatting the insurgency is that guerrillas have infiltrated nearly all branches of the Iraqi government. "The terrorists' point of strength is information," said Sadi Ahmed Pire, who is in charge of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's security operations in Mosul. "They have exact information. They have people in every government office and department: police, national guard, the health and education ministries, the municipalities. Some cooperate willingly, while others are forced."

Pire said he has intelligence that al-Zarqawi has spent time in Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city, and has also found refuge in a desert area called Qaim, near Iraq's border with Jordan and Syria.

Why doesn't Pire share such information on al-Zarqawi's whereabouts with the U.S. military, so it can carry out raids? "If we or the Americans get ready to launch an operation, the terrorists will know about it within an hour," Pire said.

One spectacular example of penetration occurred just last month. During a series of coordinated attacks by insurgents aimed at taking over the Iraqi government infrastructure in Mosul, most Iraqi police units in the city assisted the guerrillas. "Many police commanders and the director of police in Mosul were cooperating with the terrorists," Pire said. "In one day, Nov. 9, they gave them control of two-thirds of the police stations in the city."

Among the other intelligence gleaned by Kurdish officials from their interrogations of prisoners, including several who have met with al-Zarqawi:

Islamic militant groups operate in small cells of three or four people, each headed by an "emir," or prince, who is empowered to make decisions about when and where to launch attacks and suicide bombings. "The general planning might be done by al-Zarqawi, and perhaps he might also secure some material or money," Majid said. "But the specific acts are being carried out by small cells, and al-Zarqawi might not even know about them until he hears it on the news."

It is a mistake to paint al-Zarqawi as the ultimate leader of the Iraqi insurgency because there are so many small groups of militants that might agree with al-Zarqawi ideologically but that may not necessarily take orders from him. "There are localized leaders who can make day-to-day decisions about what attacks to carry out," Majid said. "But who is the supreme leader? We don't know."

Al-Zarqawi is working closely with a Kurdish Islamist group, Ansar al-Islam ("Partisans of Islam"), which once had about 700 members and has provided scores of recruits for suicide bombings since the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Ansar moved many of its operations to Mosul after it was driven out of a remote, mountainous part of northern Iraq by U.S. bombardment during the war. The group also has a presence in Baghdad, Fallujah, Ramadi and Baqubah -- cities where the insurgency has been entrenched.

Most of Ansar's leaders have been killed or captured. But the group has become more difficult to track because it has splintered into small cells and some of its members have been absorbed into another group led by al-Zarqawi: Tawhid wa Jihad ("Unity and Holy War").

Most of the communication between various militant groups, including al-Zarqawi and his supporters, is done through Internet cafes. "Telephone communications in Iraq are difficult," Majid said, "but the Internet is everywhere and it is difficult to track."

Insurgents are using proceeds from drug trafficking, especially hashish smuggled from Afghanistan, to finance some of their attacks. Some suicide bombers also are being given sedatives and other drugs before carrying out their attacks. As an example, Majid cited a 20-year-old Kurd who was killed in September as he tried to ram a car packed with explosives into a hotel in the city of Sulaimaniyah. "When we examined his body, we found a small amount of drugs in his system," Majid said.

Baathist and Islamic groups have liaison officers in major cities such as Mosul to coordinate activities. And both factions are paying unemployed young men to carry out attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces. "They pay from $50 to thousands of dollars, depending on the tasks," Pire said. "There's 75 percent unemployment in Mosul. Maybe some of these young people are not terrorists, but they have to make some money."

One of the major questions facing the U.S. military is the extent of foreign involvement in the insurgency. Kurdish officials say the majority of insurgents they have arrested were Iraqi, but there were also some Syrians, Jordanians and Palestinians. In January, Majid's forces captured Hassan Ghul, a Pakistani believed to be a mid-level operative in al-Qaida. Ghul was carrying a CD with a 17-page letter purportedly written by al-Zarqawi to Osama bin Laden. The letter appeals to bin Laden for help in setting off a sectarian war through a campaign of bombings against the Shia Muslim majority in Iraq.

Before invading Iraq in March 2003, the Bush administration argued that al-Zarqawi was a top lieutenant of bin Laden. U.S. officials said al-Zarqawi had taken refuge in Baghdad and was a major link between Hussein's regime and bin Laden's al-Qaida network. But that assertion has never been proven, and there are doubts about al-Zarqawi's relationships with both bin Laden and Hussein's government, as some Bush administration officials have acknowledged in recent months. In July, U.S. officials raised the reward for information leading to al-Zarqawi's arrest or killing to $25 million -- equal to the bounty on bin Laden's head.

The Bush administration has consistently labeled al-Zarqawi as the main force behind the Iraqi insurgency. To some Iraqis, the U.S. focus on al-Zarqawi is part of a political strategy to portray the insurgency as driven by Islamic militants and foreigners.

Kurdish officials say the insurgency found renewed strength in northern Iraq in May, after the Baath Party held a meeting in the Syrian town of Hasaka.

The party reorganized itself, expelling more than half the membership, or anyone who had dealings with the United States, the Iraqi government or even humanitarian aid groups. The new Baath leaders are Mohammad Younis al-Ahmad and Ibrahim Sabawi, Hussein's half-brother and the former head of Iraq's general security directorate.

The new leadership found support in Mosul, which had been an important base for Hussein's military and security apparatus, providing more than a third of all Iraqi officers. "The insurgents are using the infrastructure of the old Iraqi army," Pire said. "In Mosul alone, there were more generals than in all of America."

Majid noted that the focus on al-Zarqawi takes some of the pressure off lesser-known Baathist leaders. "These people like to remain anonymous," Majid said. "If everyone is looking for al-Zarqawi, they have more room to operate."

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[The 801]

Iraqs government close to capturing rebel leader

2/26/2005 9:40:00 AM GMT
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The Iraqi interim government announced on Friday the arrest of a man it described as a key figure in the country's most feared rebel group and expressed confidence that the capture of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was very close.

Word of the capture came as a U.S. patrol was attacked killing three American soldiers and wounding nine in Tarmiyah, about 20 miles north of the capital.

In Haqlaniyah, 85 miles northwest of Baghdad, residents said U.S. military vehicles equipped with loudspeakers were driving through town offering $25 million for information leading to the arrest of al-Zarqawi.

"We are very close to al-Zarqawi, and I believe that there are few weeks separating us from him," Iraq's interim national security adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie said.

According to the government, Talib Mikhlif Arsan Walman al-Dulaymi, also known as Abu Qutaybah, was arrested Sunday in a raid by Iraqi security services in Annah, a town 160 miles northwest of Baghdad.

The government said Al-Dulaymi was a top aide to the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi, who has described himself as al-Qaida's leader in Iraq.

Al-Dulaymi was responsible for finding safe houses and transportation for members of the group, according to the announcement.

The latest capture was described as another blow to al-Zarqawi's organization by al-Rubaie.

Though none of the names of those captured is on the list of 29 wanted by the interim Iraq government, the Iraqi authorities have been eager to promote the message that they are making headway in their fight against the rebel fighters.

Last week, police said they'd arrested two other leaders in Baqouba, including a top aide to al-Zarqawi named Haidar Abu Bawari.

Al-Dulaymi's role is considered to be crucial as he "filled the role of key lieutenant for the al-Zarqawi network, arranging safe houses and transportation as well as passing packages and funds to al-Zarqawi," the government said.

Adding that "his extensive contacts and operational ability throughout western Iraq made him a critical figure in the Zarqawi network."

Al-Rubaie stated that government security services managed to infiltrate al-Zarqawi's network, seen as a possible sign of its growing weakness.

"The Iraqi security forces have managed to insert embedded policemen inside the al-Zarqawi group, and the second element is that the Iraqi people, especially those in the so-called Sunni triangle, became more cooperative in informing the police about (rebels) activities and movement, especially the foreigners," al-Rubaie said.

Confronting the violence will be the top priority of Iraq's new government, and the country came one step closer to acquiring a prime minister after Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani endorsed the leader of Islamic Dawa party Ibrahim al-Jaafari for the position.

The Iranian-born al-Sistani is the country's most powerful Shiite cleric, and his endorsement should solidify al-Jaafari's nomination by the United Iraq Alliance, which emerged the dominant political force in January 30th elections.

http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7365

ummm, 801

[SMOKEY]

Zarqawi's capture will absolutely crush the fighting spirit of the jihadis within Iraq.

[Simon666]

Although al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for scores of kidnappings, suicide bombings and beheadings of foreigners, many Iraqis believe that al-Zarqawi does not even exist. They say he was invented by the United States to justify its raids and bombing campaigns.


The Bush administration has consistently labeled al-Zarqawi as the main force behind the Iraqi insurgency. To some Iraqis, the U.S. focus on al-Zarqawi is part of a political strategy to portray the insurgency as driven by Islamic militants and foreigners.
Well duh. It wouldn't surprise me if Al Zarqawi is long dead and is merely a tool for US propaganda, as to portray the insurgency as driven by islamic militants and foreigners indeed. That way, they can justify their invasion as the WMD argument turned out to be phoney, it would also sound a lot better than to admit that most of the insurgency is Iraqi and only exists because of the invasion.



Zarqawi's capture will absolutely crush the fighting spirit of the jihadis within Iraq.
You give far too much credit to the guy, even if he exists which I doubt. They also said the same about Saddam when they didn't know yet who to blame for the insurgency and pointed to former Ba'athists in the early days after the invasion. Ofcourse, after Saddam was captured they didn't notice any decrease and went to look for another politically convenient scapegoat.

[Petronas]

I believe that Zarqawi is real, but that Al Qaeda and the Baathist insurgents within Iraq probably operate as elsewhere in the world: a loose confederation of "terror franchisees", the loss of no single one of which will by itself stop the attacks. The capture or killing of the chief will be a great propaganda victory for us, though. What will stop the attacks is is the majority of the Iraqi people, now having self determination and backed by Ayatollah Al Sistani and the Shiite clerics, being fed up with the violence. Even many Sunnis have realized since the election that they are better off working within the system and obtaining a guarantee of their minority rights. If they don't, they risk being shut out and paid back by the Shiites, Kurds and Marsh Arabs for the sins of Saddam Hussein and his clique of Sunni Tikriti thugs. This will result in the gradual disappearance of the "water" of a sympathetic population within which the terrorist "fish" can swim.

People are much too impatient and don't remember history. Other insurgencies, such as the Mau-Mau in Kenya or the Communists in Malaysia, that in the end were successfully crushed by a Western power (in these instances the British) took MUCH longer than two years to eradicate.

[Simon666]

People are much too impatient and don't remember history. Other insurgencies, such as the Mau-Mau in Kenya or the Communists in Malaysia, that in the end were successfully crushed by a Western power (in these instances the British) took MUCH longer than two years to eradicate.
When the Mau Mau were finished, so was about the British empire and in the end the Kenyans reached their independence anyway. To give that as example could also illustrate American imperialism will come to an end as well and in the end there will be islam based rule in Iraq. You are correct though about the terror franchises and that even if Zarqawi's captured, it wouldn't probably change that much.

[al_gy]

Zarqawi is reel for whom may I ask ?

Anyone care to explain this reference ?

http://www.i.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~hkurita/Card/kyouiku/yousho/W/x/00000004.gif

[SMOKEY]

You give far too much credit to the guy, even if he exists which I doubt. They also said the same about Saddam when they didn't know yet who to blame for the insurgency and pointed to former Ba'athists in the early days after the invasion.

Does trying to crush the spirit of the jihadis on this board with my post count? :D

Seriously, you may well be right, Simon666. Yet I believe that the lack of another spectacular attack on the West (besides Madrid); all the various and sundry apprehensions of key players and the thwarting of terror plans; the recent Iraqi elections; and more, have all severely dampened the spirit of the fighters. The arabic forums reflect this.

Should Zarqawi be taken off the field at this point in time, well, then, they would face complete demoralization. Within Iraq, he's their rallying force (along with less visible players from Syria and Iran).

As for Binny and some of his side kicks, they keep preaching from their hideouts, but they are not on the front lines and the jihadis want to see more large-scale terror incidents outside of Iraq, too.

[Simon666]

Seriously, you may well be right, Simon666. Yet I believe that the lack of another spectacular attack on the West (besides Madrid);
Don't forget Bali, although that wasn't by Arabs. Before 9-11, major terrorist attacks also didn't come that frequent. 9-11 may also have been a fluke, giving the number of information people had it might as well not have happened if some people had done their work properly. Measuring the success by the lack of events that kill hundreds to thousands of people is a bit ridiculous as 9-11, Bali and Madrid are basically the only ones in that category. I think it is far too soon to claim success of current policies.

[SMOKEY]

Measuring the success by the lack of events that kill hundreds to thousands of people is a bit ridiculous as 9-11, Bali and Madrid are basically the only ones in that category. Gotta tell this to the jihadis, as they are whining about this and have been since just after 911.


I think it is far too soon to claim success of current policies.Hey, are you anti-GWB? I don't agree, but this is not what I inferred in my message at all anyway. My comments speculated on the jihadi mindset only; on what they seem to be thinking without regard to the West's intentions.

[SMOKEY]

Zarqawi is reel for whom may I ask ?

Anyone care to explain this reference ?

http://www.i.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~hkurita/Card/kyouiku/yousho/W/x/00000004.gif

Gulp, awaiting your learned explanation please. :)

I am very interested.

[al_gy]

Gulp, awaiting your learned explanation please. :)

I am very interested....please, don't swallow, let it trickle down....the link is imbedded in simeon's ۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞۞
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[SMOKEY]

I don't see the link.

[Simon666]

I don't see the link.
Al_qy is just nuts if you ask me. Then again, people rarely ask me anything.

[Casey]

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Archive

News
http://www.afghanistanwar.com/showthread.php?t=40476

Translations
http://www.afghanistanwar.com/showthread.php?t=38334

[al-Canine]

Analysts See Bin Laden, Zarqawi as Independent Operators

By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer

Abu Musab Zarqawi has told Osama bin Laden that he would be willing to discuss a suggestion by the al Qaeda leader that Zarqawi consider broadening his future operations to include possible attacks inside the United States, according to senior intelligence officials.

"Let's talk some more. I have ideas, you have ideas," was the way one senior counterterrorism official described Zarqawi's message, which was a response to an earlier communication sent by bin Laden. The exchange, obtained by U.S. intelligence, took place months ago, officials said.

"This was not a threat for tomorrow, but it confirms where we may be going," the official said of the exchange. "It was two heavy hitters talking about a possible partnership."

Zarqawi, a Jordanian militant who has claimed responsibility for bombings and assassinations across Iraq, pledged his network's allegiance to bin Laden and al Qaeda in October.

U.S. intelligence officials have been mining the latest communications between the two men, as well as previously intercepted messages, for clues about the relationship between the two terrorist leaders. Together, they said, the exchanges indicate that Zarqawi and bin Laden are still independent operators rather than activists who have fully combined their efforts.

"Zarqawi may be a partner [of bin Laden] or a competitor, but it is not like they are close and in a binding relationship," the senior counterterrorism official said. "They are in parallel."

"Al Qaeda is reaching out to a big player," the official said, while Zarqawi "is his own man. He is not playing second fiddle and sees himself not succeeding bin Laden but using Iraq as a springboard to his own global reach."

The latest bin Laden-Zarqawi exchange -- transcripts of which have not been released -- became public after a Department of Homeland Security bulletin, classified "Secret," was sent last weekend to state homeland security directors "detailing information about al Qaeda's continued desire to carry out an attack potentially in the homeland," according to Brian Roehrkasse, spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security.

The bulletin, three to four sentences long, said that "recent communication from al Qaeda's leadership" indicates it had sought help from Zarqawi in attacking U.S. targets, according to one intelligence official who has seen the memo.

The bulletin did not mention bin Laden by name, nor did it mention any response from Zarqawi, several officials said. It was first publicly reported Monday by the Associated Press, followed quickly by CNN and other major news organizations.

CIA officials said privately they were outraged by the disclosure that the United States had obtained the communications between the two men. Agency officials refused to discuss how the messages were obtained.

On Thursday, at the swearing-in of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, President Bush referred to the exchange, saying: "Recently, we learned that Osama bin Laden has urged the terrorist Zarqawi to form a group to conduct attacks outside Iraq, including here in the United States."

This is the first communication between the two men to become public since February 2004. That was when Bush administration officials released a January 2004 letter from Zarqawi to bin Laden, seized from a captured courier, in which the Jordanian laid out his plans for operations in Iraq and sought bin Laden's support.

U.S. officials portrayed the letter as evidence that Zarqawi feared the turnover of power to an interim Iraqi government, which was to happen in June. L. Paul Bremer, then head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, told reporters that "Zarqawi and all the others know they are falling behind in a race against time, a race against Iraqi self-government."

Intelligence analysts, however, said the letter did not reveal desperation on Zarqawi's part, but rather his belief that attacks should escalate to coincide with the political transition in Iraq. Indeed, almost all the steps Zarqawi told bin Laden he would undertake have been carried out, including suicide and car bombings.

U.S. intelligence officials have believed that Zarqawi's vision for the jihadist movement is different from bin Laden's. As a Palestinian brought up in Jordan, Zarqawi has seen Israel and Jews as the main targets, along with Americans who give them their support. Zarqawi has indicated that he thinks attacks against these enemies should be focused in the Middle East and, perhaps, Europe, these officials said. Hitting the U.S. homeland has generally not been in his planning.

Bin Laden, on the other hand, has remained focused on waging attacks in the United States, trying to destroy its economic reach to penalize it for supporting what he considers despotic Middle Eastern countries. Al Qaeda has helped equip or inspire movements elsewhere in the world, from sending money to the terrorists who carried out the bombing in Bali, Indonesia, to providing an ideological spark to the Madrid bombers.

"Al Qaeda is great branding and the force multiplier from North Africa to Southeast Asia," an intelligence official said.

Both Zarqawi, on the run in Iraq, and bin Laden, hiding along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, continue to carry out high-level planning and independent plotting, intelligence officials said, although their logistical challenges are presumably great.

"Though things are tough for Zarqawi, he has a long-term vision," an official said. "But his ability to talk about where his movement goes next is limited by concerns about what happens tomorrow."

Staff writer Dan Eggen contributed to this report.

© 2005 The Washington Post Company

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8874-2005Mar4.html

[Casey]

New photos believed to be al-Zarqawi

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WORLD/meast/03/05/zarqawi.pics/story.zarqawi.jpg

(CNN) -- CNN has obtained new pictures of a man believed to be America's most-wanted terrorist in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose network carries out frequent attacks against Iraqi and U.S. civilians and multinational troops.

The United States has placed a $25 million bounty on the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi's head. He is wanted for fueling the insurgency in Iraq and in connection with the beheadings of several Western hostages and Iraqi and Arab civilians.

Islamic Web sites have posted at least two videos said to show his followers publicly executing men they believe are associated with the U.S.-led occupation.

Intelligence officials said this week that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has enlisted the help of al-Zarqawi to plan new attacks inside the United States. Sources tell CNN the man in the photos is indeed al-Zarqawi.

Group's name changed to al Qaeda
Al-Zarqawi's group is believed to be responsible for car bombings and beheadings throughout Iraq. Last year, he declared his allegiance to al Qaeda and renamed his group from Unification and Jihad to al Qaeda in Iraq.

An audiotape message attributed to al-Zarqawi called the January 30 election for Iraq's National Assembly and provincial councils a "big American lie." His group is believed to have carried out attacks during the election.

The audiotape was posted on an Islamic Web site in January. In it, the man called Iraq's interim government a tool used by "Americans to promote this lie that is called democracy ... You have to be careful of the enemy's plots that involve applying democracy in your country and confront these plots."

In the statement, he declared that democracy's principles of majority rule and pluralism "allow infidelity and wrong practices to spread."

Photos show relaxed situation
It is unclear how recently the photos were taken, but they appear to be taken at the same time and place.

In the pictures, the man believed to be al-Zarqawi is bearded and well-trimmed, and he appears relaxed.

It looks as if he is sitting on the floor against a wall. He is wearing a dark shirt or turtleneck.

In the pictures he is seen smiling, looking straight ahead or chatting with unknown people.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/05/zarqawi.pics/index.html

[Catwoman]

Statement from al-Qaeda in Iraq Regarding the Whereabouts of Sheikh Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
By SITE Institute

March 7, 2005



Al-Qaeda in Iraq issued a statement on March 7, 2005, regarding the whereabouts of their leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Appearing on one of the leading al-Qaeda message boards, the group’s communiqué praises Zarqawi, arguing that “he put in us the seed of religion and monotheism, while he taught generations and brought them up to be mujahideen who support the religion.” The group further states that this leadership was strengthened and guided by Usama bin Laden.

The group goes on to discuss the health of their leader, declaring that Zarqawi “is in good health,” noting that “he is planning for battles, leading people, and he rests in Iraq among his colleagues and sons that he taught and raised up.”

The communiqué additionally comments on the latest photos of Zarqawi broadcast this past weekend by CNN. According to the statement, these photos were taken from an al-Qaeda mujahid who was killed in a battle in Iraq. “It happened then that these pictures [those recently broadcast by the media] fell into the infidels’ hands,” the text reads.

The message closes by promising that “we swear by Allah that we will get them [the coalition forces] and they will not get us. We will defeat them, and they will not defeat us.” It goes on to promise “pleasant news in the coming days,” as well as the release of a message by Zarqawi, which has been promised since last Thursday.

Analysis of the message suggests that al-Qaeda in Iraq may be trying to convince the world that the organization will survive unfettered without Zarqawi. The group seems to be marginalizing the necessity of Zarqawi’s leadership in the organziation’s survival, without diminishing his iconic allure.

A full translation of the message is provided to our Intel Service members.

[Catwoman]

Any body see this?




Iraqi sources: Al Zarqawi arrested

06-03-2005 , 06:20


Iraqi sources have told a Saudi newspaper that al-Qaeda's man in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been arrested. Al Watan daily said Sunday that the official announcement on the arrest was delayed until a new Iraqi government is in place. The purported arrest supposedly took place on the Iraqi - Syrian border, the report added. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

It should be mentioned that CNN aired on Saturday new pictures believed to show al-Zarqawi, who is America's most-wanted man in Iraq.



The Saudi paper said that the arrest of al-Zarqawi was completed ahead the recent visit of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in Iraq. This visit took place early February.


http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Iraq/180980

[Catwoman]

Oh thanks Casey, I see your translation. :)

[Casey]

And .....

Operation stepped up to find Zarqawi
07 March 2005 Monday 25 Muharram 1426
http://www.dawn.com/2005/03/07/top11.htm

SAMARRA, March 6: Iraqi commandos and US soldiers On Sunday stepped up operations in Samarra, north of Baghdad, in search for top wanted militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a senior Iraqi security official said.

"We have information that Zarqawi may be hiding in Samarra or this region and this operation is aimed at checking that out," the officer told AFP on condition of anonymity in Baghdad.

Meanwhile, the CNN television network showed what it said were fresh photos of the Jordanian born Zarqawi, who appeared bearded and smiling.

In December, Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden named Zarqawi "emir" of the terror network in Iraq. He is blamed for some of the worst attacks and hostage killings in the country. The US has placed a 25 million dollar bounty on both men.

The official said 66 suspects have been arrested in the operation, which is expected to last a week with the goal of rounding up 250 suspects working for seven armed groups in the area.

On the ground all entrances leading to Samarra were sealed.-AFP

Al-Zarqawi still leading the fight in Iraq: website
http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read.html?id=3138


DUBAI, March 7 (AFP) - The most wanted man in Iraq, Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, is in good health and leading operations, his group said in a statement Monday, as Iraqi and US troops stepped up efforts to find him.

"Our sheikh Abu Musab, may God watch over him, is in good health. He is preparing for battles and is leading the fight in Iraq," read a statement from the Organization of Al-Qaeda of Jihad published on an Islamist website.

The authenticity of the message could not immediately be verified.

"You will soon hear a speech from our sheikh," it said.

Since Saturday, commandos from Iraq's interior ministry and US troops have closed off entrances to Samarra and launched raids in the city and surrounding areas in search for suspects that might lead them to Zarqawi.

The Iraqi government on Monday released new pictures of the militant, who has a 25 million bounty on his head and is blamed for the worst bombings in Iraq, showing him bearded and in conversation with an individual.

The Organisation of Al-Qaeda of Jihad statement said the pictures had been in the possession of an Al-Qaeda information section worker who was killed in combat.

"Our brother died as a martyr and the pictures fell into the hands of the infidels," it said.


Copyright Political Gateway and Agence France-Presse, 2005© AFP2004

[Casey]

Recent Images of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Shown by Western News Agencies By Robert Raffaele
Washington DC
08 March 2005

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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Two Western news agencies have obtained what are believed to be the most recent images of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - the most-wanted terrorist in Iraq. The U.S. has offered $25 million for information leading to his capture or death.

These are believed to be the first clear pictures in years of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - the man U.S. officials say is behind most of the insurgent attacks in Iraq. ABC News says sources claim these images - in which Zarqawi has a well-trimmed beard and appears to be talking to unidentified men, come from a video made sometime around last November.

Former CIA counter-terrorism Chief Vince Cannistraro says, "All of this adds up to a much better picture of what he looks like, where he's going, what he's doing. That leads us a lot closer to finding him."

Zarqawi is believed to be responsible for numerous car bombings and beheadings in Iraq.

His affiliation with al-Qaida once again draws attention to the unsuccessful hunt for Osama bin Laden. Last week, President Bush confirmed U.S. intelligence reports that claimed bin Laden has enlisted Zarqawi's help to plan new attacks inside the United States.

Vince Cannistraro, Former CIA counter-terrorism Chief
"Bin Laden is there in the background , but he is more of a figurehead now, more of a symbol," says Vince Cannistraro.

So far, the hunt for Zarqawi has also been futile. In some cases, coalition forces have reportedly missed him by a matter of minutes.

"He always seems to be alert to what the activities are of the coalition in trying to find him," says Mr. Cannistraro.

The latest images came as Zarqawi's group - "al Qaida in Iraq" - claimed responsibility for several attacks in Baquoba Monday - killing 21 people.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-08-voa3.cfm

[Alli]

Holy eff, this pic looks nothing like the one we've been seeing for the past year..He looks like he gained 60 lbs!
http://www.voanews.com/english/images/tv_zarqawi_07mar05_150.jpg

[Casey]

Zarqawi Photographs Are Genuine, So Says Al-Qaida
Mar 08, 2005
Source: Al-Masadah website; Translated To English By JUS © 2005. All Rights Are Reserved.

The Al-Qaida organization in the Land of the Two Rivers has confirmed the authenticity of recently published photographs of Zarqawi and has issued this statement explaining how the photos ended up in the hands of the Americans and their Iraqi collaborators.

Here is the statement, originally published in Arabic on the al-Masadah website that has been translated to English by JUS. We present it here, uncut and uncensored, to let you, our viewers, decide.

We remind our viewers that the statements, opinions and points of view expressed in this article are those of the author and shall not be deemed to mean that they are necessarily those of Jihad Unspun, the publisher, editor, writers, contributors or staff.


In The Name Of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

{So lose not heart. Nor fall into despair: For you must gain mastery if you are true in faith.} 3:139

Praise be to Allah. The Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds, and final victory will be to the believers, and no aggression except against the transgressors. And peace and prayers be upon the Imam (leader) of Mujahideen, our prophet, Muhammad his household, and his companions.

Alhamdulillah (Thanks to Allah “God”) for having the Nobel Sheikh, Abu Mesab (may Allah save him, and aid him with victory) amongst us. He has planted the seed of Aqidah and Tawhid in each of us, and raised and taught generations the importance of Jihad and defending the Deen (religion). The seed of Tawhid was irrigated and kept alive with pure blood, therefore, it (the seed) produced good plant. The plant yielded its harvest every time a burst of light came from the sun of our sheikh, Osama (may Allah save him). So the plant truly became a good tree, whose roots are firmly grounded and whose branches rise high in the sky.

Our Sheikh, Abu Mesaab is well and continues to plan for battles, leading the Mujahideen and traveling freely among his brothers all over Iraq.

During a recent skirmish between your Mujahideen brothers and the Kafirs, one of your brothers from the media branch of Al-Qaida who was covering the battle was hit and martyred (Allah is sufficient for him). Allah’s will dictated that those photographs fall in the hands of the Kafirs.

The fact that the Kafirs quickly published those photographs clearly indicates that ran out of options as to how to deal with Mujahideen. They have been defeated and humiliated on the battle field, with the grace of Allah.

The enemies’ propaganda machines were quick to publish the photographs and we must ask: Why don’t they go report from Anbar, Mosel, Diali, Basra, Samaara, and other Iraqi cities? Where are the satellite media? We swear by Allah, we inflict heavy casualties on the enemies of Allah but no media is willing to come out and report for themselves what they see.

We wish to inform you that Al-Qaida organization in the Land of the Two Rivers is not one man but many true men. Some have died (in the cause of Allah) and some are waiting to die.

Soon, you will hear good news. And soon you will hear from Abu Misaab, insha’a Allah.

Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Glory be to Allah, his messenger, and the Mujahideen.

Al-Qaida Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers

Monday, 26 Muharram, 1426
March 7, 2005

Translation By JUS © 2005. All Rights Are Reserved.
http://www.jihadunspun.com/index-side_internal.php?article=101883&list=/home.php&

[Ponder]

Casey, I just ran across another 'Zarqawi captured' story. It was just a blog, but there was a link given...

This is the blog...
http://ayadrahimtriptoiraq.blogspot.com/

This is the link to the story...
http://www.aljeeran.net/index.php

I certainly can't read Arabic, so I can't verify that such a story exists. Can you check it out?

[Casey]

Casey, I just ran across another 'Zarqawi captured' story. It was just a blog, but there was a link given...

This is the blog...
http://ayadrahimtriptoiraq.blogspot.com/

This is the link to the story...
http://www.aljeeran.net/index.php

I certainly can't read Arabic, so I can't verify that such a story exists. Can you check it out?
That appears to be from the rumor from before the Iraq election.


Zarqawi: Do we got him?

According to the web-site al-Jeeran, which looks like a good one, Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi is in custody. The article, based on wire service reports, says that high-ranking Iraqi sources revealed yesterday, that Zarqawi was captured and that his capture will be announced, when an Iraqi government is appointed. He, along with three of his top aides, the article says, were captured along the Syria border, as they attempted to cross it. They have since been in a U.S. prison. The delay, the article says, will make the capture a gift of the U.S. government, to the new Iraqi government, to give it a good boost.

Zarqawi, the article says, was captured before Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's last visit to Iraq, and that he (Rumsfeld) sat in, on an interrogation session with Zarqawi. More than once, Iraqi officials have said recently, that they were on the verge of capturing Zarqawi, and, just two or three days ago, General John Abizaid, head of the U.S. Central Command, said that Zarqawi's "days were numbered."

[Ponder]

That appears to be from the rumor from before the Iraq election.

Damn.

[Casey]

IRAQ: AL-ZARQAWI'S GROUP LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE IN KURDISH

Baghdad, 26 April (AKI) - The al-Qaeda terrorist group, led by the notorious Jordanian leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, launched its first Kurdish website on Tuesday. The new website - known as Pegy Jehad or live Jihad - contains a Fatwah with up-to-date news on terrorist activities in Iraq. The homepage also contains anti-Shiite banners and a photograph of Baghdad's former governor Paul Bremer embracing a leading Shiite cleric while standing next to the American US secretary of State Colin Powell.

Users of the website have the opportunity to send and receive news through a series of email addresses opened through the hotmail internet email provider.

Pegy Jihad is al-Qaeda's first website in Kurdish. Previously, the propagation of Kurdish documents and recordings was left to a group known as Ansar al-Sunna, which mainly operates in Kurdistan.

The organisation is an outshoot of Ansar al-Islam, a group with ties to Iran and whose administration officials have links to al-Qaeda. Ansar al-Sunna began in September 2001 and came from the unification of several Islamist groups originating from the mountains of northern Iraq on the Iranian border. In March 2003, US special forces attacked and scattered most of the Ansar al-Sunna fighters. The group is responsible for the many attacks against the Kurdish political parties.


(Ham/Aki)

26-Apr-05 17:04

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.157386006&par=0

[Ono]

Iraq: Reported Sighting Of Al-zarqawi In Ramadi Hospital

IRAQ: REPORTED SIGHTING OF AL-ZARQAWI IN RAMADI HOSPITAL

Baghdad, 28 April (AKI) - The Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is reported to have been seen on Wednesday at the hospital in Ramadi, which was later searched by US forces. The director of the hospital, Munam Aftan, told the Iraq-based newspaper Al-Zaman that US troops surrounded and raided the entire hospital, searching for al-Zarqawi, who is believed to be al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq.

"They told me they had to search the entire hospital - Aftan explained - because they had received information saying that al-Zarqawi was here, accompanied by four Opel cars, inside of which were his bodyguards and followers."

On Wednesday the Kuwaiti news agency Kuna cited local sources as saying that American soldiers had closed off the two main bridges in Ramadi, to the west of the capital Baghdad, and were carrying out major raids on both the hospital and residential neighbourhoods in the centre of the city. Two days ago al-Zarqawi's group announced that there were ongoing violent clashes in Ramadi, between US troops and militants trying to stop the raids.

It also emerged this week that US forces almost caught al-Zarqawi as he tried to enter Ramadi in February. He escaped, but they did seize his computer, which contained information which is reported to have led to a number of subsequent arrests.

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=...158604584&par=0

[Casey]

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 · Last updated 12:59 p.m. PT

Text of al-Zarqawi letter

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Excerpts from a letter the U.S. military says was addressed to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, head of al-Qaida in Iraq, from a member of the organization. The original Arabic of a copy of the letter, provided by the U.S. military, was translated by The Associated Press, but some words in the original were unclear. The letter's authenticity could not be independently verified.

To the sheik Abu Ahmed, may God keep him: (Quranic verses)

I advise myself first and then advise you to fear God in private as in public and that you don't worry about blame from anyone. I urge you that you let nothing stop you from jihad (holy war) for the sake of God ... and that you take refuge in God in all situations, in easy times and in difficult ones. ....

The Islamic nation is waiting for the establishment of an Islamic state that rules by God's laws and carries out his punishments and is waiting for the men who can protect its honor, which is being violated every day. This is the path, but where are the men? We ask God to guide them. What has happened to me (and to?) my brothers is an unforgivable crime. ...

By God, the one and only God, you (will?) ask about what happened to us, because you didn't ask about the situation of the immigrants. ... But morale is weakening and there is (unclear word: either "exhaustion" or "confusion") among the ranks of the mujahedeen, and some of the brother emirs are discriminating among them. God does not accept such actions. ...

What happened is that he (not identified in the text) said: 'Either you carry out a martyrdom operation or you go back home.' We were told that there is an order from the sheik (presumably al-Zarqawi) for us to return. Some of the brothers have returned. Others have signed up to become martyrs. Still others were waiting for God's comfort, but this came after humiliation and rude treatment and many other things. Who can tolerate all this? ... There are brothers that are oppressed, brothers that are persecuted and brothers that are helplessly jailed with no one to meet with them or to ask about them. The situation is not the way it used to be in Fallujah, when you used to come and visit us and we used to enjoy sitting with you. The situation has completely changed. Thanks be to God for everything.

The most important thing, oh sheik, is that you are there and that you remain a thorn in the mouths of the Americans and a thorn in the mouths of the apostates. May God keep you.

The most important thing is that you don't hear from (only) one side, even if it were the closest person to you. Hear from all sides so that the truth can become clear to you. We have found emirs who are not fit for leadership. We are not the ones who can determine who is fit and who isn't, but we are witnesses of God's people and we are the ones who have experienced and know them. ...

Oh sheik, test those who are below you. Some of them are ... oppressors and some of them are not so.

This is my last request: to meet you, because there are many things that are secret and the truth is that I no longer trust any person who says that he is coming from the sheik's side. We are tired and we have suffered a lot. Thanks be to God.

I ask the great God, the honorable God of the throne, to make his religion victorious and to raise his word and to strengthen his worshippers, the mujahedeen, everywhere and to humiliate all kinds of disbelief in God and to destroy America and its supporters soon without delay.

Abu Asim al-Qusaymi al-Yemeni

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Iraq%20Al%20Zarqawi%20Text

[Casey]

Zarqawi vows more fighting
11/05/2005 15:56 - (SA)

Dubai - The group of al-Qaeda's Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has denied US charges that it used human shields in fighting with US forces but vowed more attacks (http://www.wincoast.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179017&postcount=97)against the Americans, according to a statement posted on the internet on Wednesday.
"They accuse our mujahedeen (holy warriors) of using human shields. But you are deceiving yourselves, worshippers of the cross... Wasn't it the Americans who used women and children as shields in Fallujah?" said the statement, whose authenticity could not be verified.

The US military waged a major assault on Fallujah in November in a bid to oust rebels from the city west of Baghdad.

"Our mujahedeen rush to death... they want to die as much as you care to live," added the statement, signed by the al-Qaeda Organisation in the Land of Two Rivers.

The US military said on Monday that insurgents used patients as human shields in a weekend battle in a hospital in Hadithah, 260km northwest of Baghdad, that left four US troops dead.

The group led by Jordanian-born Zarqawi, who has a $25m price on his head, has claimed some of the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the downfall of Saddam Hussein two years ago.

In the statement, the group vowed more attacks by its "martyrdom-seekers" against US forces in western Iraq.

Make them 'taste fear and terror'

Dozens of people were killed in a string of blasts in Iraq on Wednesday as US troops battled insurgents in the lawless western hinterland during a massive offensive against Zarqawi's network dubbed "Operation Matador".

Another internet statement (http://www.wincoast.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179182&postcount=99) attributed to the group said Zarqawi's fighters had "made the Americans taste fear and terror... and they responded by bombarding the houses of helpless people" in Al-Qaim near the Syrian border.

"Dozens of Americans, even more than 100, have been killed," the statement said, adding that its fighters were pursuing their "jihad and delivering blows to God's enemies".

In a third statement, whose authenticity also could not be established, Zarqawi's outfit claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Tuesday which wounded three Iraqi policemen at a river police compound in Baghdad.

"One of the lions of the martyrdom-seeking brigade carried out a heroic operation against a police post on Abu Nawas street on Tuesday, hitting several of the guardians of the Jews and Crusaders," it said.

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,6119,2-10-1460_1703331,00.html

[Fatima]

The big cockroach possibly killed!

Despite the increase in the terrorists attacks in Baghdad the terrorist groups especially of the Jordanian Abomusab Zarqawi suffered sever damages in the last few weeks.

Since the middle of April most of the members of the closest circle to Zarqawi have been arrested or killed.

The latest US and Iraqi forces attack especially in Ramadi and Qaiem resulted in sever damages to the thugs’ bases. This time the situation was quiet different from Faluja because some of the tribes and the people fought with the Iraqi forces against the terrorists. They organized themselves in brigades called (Al-Hamza). Zarqawi groups in a statement published today admitted heavy losses because of this.

Possibly Zarqawi has been killed during these attacks. The statement of his groups were today issued under the name of his deputy (Abo-Abdrahmn) and a finger print for his DNA test has been requested from Jordan. On the other hand the doctor who treated him in Ramadi confessed that his injuries were more or less fatal.

posted by hammorabi @ 5/12/2005 12:37:00 PM

[Casey]

This is supposedly where the information started but they are still saying the news hasn't been verified.

[Bman]

British newspaper reports Abu Musab al-Zarqawi wounded
(AFP)

15 May 2005



LONDON - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the man most wanted by US-led forces in Iraq, was wounded and treated briefly at a hospital in Iraq last week before he disappeared with his men, a British newspaper reported on Sunday.


The doctor who claims to have treated him told an Iraqi reporter in the western city of Ramadi that Zarqawi was bleeding heavily when he was brought into the hospital on Wednesday, the Sunday Times reported.

The doctor was able to recognize the Jordanian-born militant linked to Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network by photographs he had seen of him on television, the newspaper said.

The report came as US forces on Saturday ended a major week-long sweep dubbed operation “Matador” targeting militants loyal to Zarqawi.

The doctor’s claim was supported Saturday by a senior Iraqi commander who had been to Ramadi to investigate the report, the newspaper added.

The doctor, who refused to specify the nature of the wounds and asked not to be identified, was detained by the Americans on Friday for questioning, residents were quoted as saying.

“He was bleeding heavily and his escorts were well dressed with a look about them that was different from the casualties and family members we had been receiving,” the doctor was quoted as saying.

“I treated his injury and asked that he remain in hospital for further observations and told him that we would have to register him and take down his name and details,” he was quoted as saying.

“But he became very nervous and agitated. He refused and told me he would not be staying,” he reportedly added.

“The three men with him asked me politely that he be allowed to leave hospital immediately and that I supply them with a prescription and a list of medication that he may need,” he was quoted as saying.

It was not the first time that Zarqawi has been reported wounded.

The US military said it was investigating reports that Zarqawi visited a hospital in Ramadi between April 27 and April 28 amid rumours he might be injured or unwell, The Washington Post reported on May 5.

The newspaper said US officials had offered no details as to why they believe Zarqawi might be wounded or ill.


http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2005/May/focusoniraq_May99.xml&section=focusoniraq

[Petronas]

DEBKAfile
May 16, 2005, 12:02 AM (GMT+02:00)

DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources confirm (London Times) report that most wanted man in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, head of al Qaeda’s Iraq wing, has been wounded. The claim by a Ramadi hospital that he was treated briefly last Wednesday before disappearing is not verified.

http://www.debka.com/

[The 801]

Looks like above listing, but dated currently.

Last Updated on May 24, 2005, 7:33 PM (GMT+02:00)

Al Qaeda website reports Zarqawi wounded and calls on “nation of Islam to pray for [his] healing from injury suffered in the path of God.”

Statement by al Qaeda Organization for Holy War in Iraq posted by group’s media coordinator Maysarah al-Iraqi. US military in Iraq and Pentagon in Washington have no information on claim.

Debka.com

Google Mr. Al-Iraqi and you find some interesting things..

Could this be a pre announcement in preparation for announcement of Zarqawi's death or disappearance?

801

[The 801]

Iraqi Forces Arrest Key Zarqawi Aide
By Patricia Nunan
Baghdad
25 May 2005

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The U.S. military has confirmed the arrest of an aide to the al-Qaida chief in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, by Iraqi forces near the city of Baquba. The arrest was announced as the U.S. launched an operation in the western city of Haditha intended to round up insurgent suspects.

A statement released by the U.S. military describes Mullah Kamel al-Aswadi as the most wanted terrorist in north-central Iraq.

Officials say Iraqi forces made the arrest of al-Aswadi as he tried to bribe his way through a checkpoint in the town of Balad. His vehicle was found to contain a global positioning system, multiple identification papers, a scope used to launch mortars, and U.S. currency.


Abu Musab Zarqawi (undated State Dept. photo)
Officials say al-Aswadi served as a key aide to Iraq's al-Qaida front man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian-born militant. The statement says al-Aswadi was involved in the funding of terror cells, terrorist training, and the making of car and roadside bombs.

On Tuesday, an Islamist website al-Zarqawi reported had been wounded, and asked for his supporters to offer prayers for his recovery. It did not say how he was injured or where he was. U.S. officials could not confirm the authenticity of the statement.

Meanwhile, about 1000 U.S. and Iraqi troops swept through the western town of Haditha in what officials call Operation New Market. The pre-dawn offensive brought together Iraqi and U.S. soldiers who raided houses in search of insurgents, while helicopters circled overhead and Marines patrolled the Euphrates River along which the town is situated.

It is the second offensive this month in parts of western Iraq near the border with Syria where Zarqawi's supporters are believed to be hiding. U.S. officials have accused Syria of supporting insurgents who cross the border to attack U.S. and Iraqi forces.

In the earlier offensive, called Operation Matador, officials say at least 75 insurgents were killed.

But critics of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, such as Baghdad professor Naebil Younis, say the arrests and the offensives will mean little until Washington works out a formula to scale back the U.S. presence.

"What I see, the right thing to do, is to find channels for negotiations with the national resistance, so you may come to such an agreement with them about the withdrawal of American troops, at least in the meantime from the cities. This is a big problem for the people, the whole people," he said.


http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-05-25-voa56.cfm

[Casey]

Web posting claims al-Zarqawi fled Iraq
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-26 00:23





AMMAN, Jordan - An Islamic Web site statement claimed Wednesday that Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida's point man in Iraq, has fled to a "neighboring country" with two Arab doctors treating him for gunshot wounds to his lung.

The claim's authenticity could not be confirmed. The site used to carry messages from al-Qaida, but has fallen out of use recently. Soon, the statement appeared on another militant site, where other posters quickly denounced it as untrue and unauthorized by the terror group.

The statement came a day after a message in the name of al-Zarqawi's group, al-Qaida in Iraq, appeared on another Web site, saying the terrorist mastermind has been wounded. U.S. officials cautioned they did not know if that posting was authentic and privately said the information also may have been designed to purposely mislead.

Also Wednesday, the Iraqi government said security forces have killed Sabhan Ahmad Ramadan, a senior al-Zarqawi aide in northern Iraq.

Ramadan, also known as Agha Abu Saad, was killed as he was manning a checkpoint in the northern province of Nineveh, the government said in a statement. It added that Ramadan was a leading aide to Abu Talha ¡ª the head of operations in Mosul for al-Zarqawi and his al-Qaida in Iraq terror group.

Wednesday's message from somebody identified only as al-Khalidi ¡ª the same name as somebody who used the site regularly in the past ¡ª said the information was based on accounts of "brothers close to the holy warriors in Iraq and who are in contact with them." He did not elaborate.

Al-Zarqawi "was secretly smuggled to a neighboring country a few days ago in a complicated and organized operation," the message said, but it did not identify the country.

It said al-Zarqawi was in "stable condition now" after he incurred a "bullet wound which penetrated his right lung."

Mideast security officials told The Associated Press in Amman that they could not verify the authenticity of the posting or its contents. Al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for attacks on Iraqi civilians and security forces and kidnappings and beheadings of foreigners, and has a $25 million bounty on his head.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/26/content_445706.htm






أرسلت في 16-4-1426 هـ بواسطة الخالدي (http://<font%20color=)
http://www.rightword.net/Anuke/photos/zarkavi.jpg

الحمد لله الذي بنعمه تتم الصالحات بشرني الاخوان المقربين للمجاهدين في العراق وعلى اتصالات معهم ان قائد عمليات المقاومة في العراق تم تهريبة سرا لبلد مجاور..




قبل ايام في عملية مرتبة ومعقدة بصحبت طبيب مجاهد من اهالي الجزيرة العربية وطبيب ثاني من مجاهدي السودان وهو في حالة مستقرة الان بعد اصابتة بطلق ناري اخترق الرئة اليمنى ويعاني من صعوبات في التنفس..


ارجوا ان كان هناك اخبار عنه فلتوتضع اول بأول


و الله أكبر و العزة للإسلام و المسلمين


الله اشفي شيخنا و حبيبنا الشيخ أبو مصعب الزرقاوي


قُلْ إِن كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَانُكُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَالٌ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا

وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ اللّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَاللّهُ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ ).التوبة24


منقول ؟؟؟..

[Casey]

The chatter is split between praying for him but more of it is talking like he is dead.

Iraqi officials: Terrorist leader al-Zarqawi wounded
Four attacks in Baghdad within 70 minutes
Thursday, May 26, 2005 Posted: 1118 GMT (1918 HKT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's Interior minister said Thursday the government has received credible information that insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been wounded.

Baqir Jabbur said the government has had the information for several days, but gave no details about how officials received the information.

"We are not quite sure if he is alive or dead," Jabbur said during a news conference also attended by Defense Minister Sadoun al-Dulami.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.main/index.html

[Alli]

CONFIRMED: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Wounded In Battle
http://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_internal.php?article=102854&list=/home.php&


May 24, 2005
By Ubaidah Al-Saif , Translation © Jihad Unspun 2005

It has been confirmed from direct sources that Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, Amir of Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers has received the honor of being wounded in battle that has fueled the group to declare they will increase attacks against the occupiers.

Here are the complete statment, uncut and uncensored as translated by JUS.

We remind our viewers that the statements, opinions and points of view expressed in this article are those of the author and shall not be deemed to mean that they are necessarily those of Jihad Unspun, the publisher, editor, writers, contributors or staff.

Zarqawi Is Wounded, Al-Qaida Organization Issues A Statement Asking Muslim Brothers To Pray For His Speedy Recovery

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

{If a wound has touched you, be sure a similar wound has touched the others. Such days (of varying fortunes) We give to men and men bu turns; that Allah may know those that believe, and that He may take to Himself from your ranks Martyr-witnesses (to truth. And Allah loves not those that do wrong.} 2:140

O Allah! Make our shots hit their intended targets and fasten our feet firmly to the ground.

Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds. Final victory is on the side of the believers, and no aggression except on those who transgress all bounds. Peace and prayers be on the Imam of Mujahideen, our prophet, Muhammad, his family, and his companions.

Ummah of Islam, brothers of Tawheed, pray for our Sheikh so that Allah may cure him from a wound received while fighting in the cause of Allah. May Allah cure you our beloved Mujahid, may Allah help in your steadfastness; you and those who are with you.

The messenger of Allah was wounded and one of his teeth was broken in the battle of Ahud. You have indeed in the messenger of Allah an excellent example for he who hopes in Allah and the Final Day, And who remember Allah much.

Those near and far ought to know that wounding our Sheikh will only cause tightening our grip on the enemies of Allah and will cause a significant increase of attacks against them. Our Sheikh has taught us that every valuable commodity becomes less valuable when the Aqeeda and Tawheed are at stake.

Our sheikh has raised a generation that follows the Deen of Abraham, he has taught us to reject the Taghut (evil) and put our faith and trust in Allah.

We just want to say: If you are suffering hardships, they are suffering similar hardships: but your hope is from Allah, what they have not. And Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.

O Allah! Relieve the pain and replace it with cure, for no cure except your cure.

Allahu Akbar...Allahu Akbar...Allahu Akbar
Glory is to Allah, His Messenger, and to the Mujahideen

Al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers
Tuesday, 16 Rabie Al-Thani, 1426
May 24, 2005

[Casey]

Deputy appointed to head Al Qaeda
The Associated Press
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2005

BAGHDAD (http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?query=BAGHDAD&sort=swishrank) A Web site statement posted Thursday and signed in the name of Al Qaeda in Iraq said the militant group has appointed a deputy to take the lead until Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who’s purportedly been wounded, returns. But a subsequent statement by the group’s spokesman denied any replacement had been named.

‘‘The leaders met after the injury of our sheik, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ... and decided to appoint a deputy to take the lead until the return of our sheik,’’ said the statement, which was posted on a militant Web site that two days earlier announced al-Zarqawi had been injured.

The latest statements, the authenticity of which could not be verified, follow recent rumors and claims that al-Zarqawi has been wounded, possibly by a bullet penetrating his lung, may have been taken out of Iraq for medical care, or had possibly died.

None of those Internet postings and rumors have been confirmed, but the amount of speculation about the Jordanian-born militant has been unusual both in size and scope.

It identified Abu Hafs al-Gerni as ‘‘deputy of the holy warriors.’’

Al-Gerni’s identity was not immediately clear, but the new statement said he ‘‘was known for carrying out the hardest operations, and our sheik would choose him and his group for the tough operations.’’

Another Web site statement signed in the name of Al Qaeda in Iraq’s so-called spokesman, Abu Maysara al-Iraqi, denied the militant group had appointed a deputy to fill in for al-Zarqawi.

‘‘We deny all that has been said about appointing the so-called Abu Hafs or anyone by any other name,’’ said the statement, the authenticity of which could not be verified.

Middle East experts on Islamic militants told The Associated Press that the man said to be the new deputy leader is a Saudi who has been al-Zarqawi’s military adviser and is the emir, or prince — as senior commanders are called — of the military committe of Al Qaeda in Iraq.

The two experts spoke on condition they not be further identified. An aide to Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, head of the country’s largest political party, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, said al-Gerni was a non-Iraqi and a key lieutenant to al-Zarqawi.

‘‘We are not sure 100 percent that al-Zarqawi is dead and we can’t consider this step as a confirmation for his killing,’’ said Haitham al-Hussaini, director of al-Hakim’s office.

‘‘According to our intelligence, this al-Gerni is well known to us as one of al-Zarqawi’s top aides in Iraq who has an Arab nationality,’’ al-Hussaini said without elaborating on which country al-Gerni came from.

SCIRI has close ties with Iraq’s intelligence agencies and the country’s minister, Bayan Jabr, is a top member of the Shiite party.

Rasha al-Tayar, spokesman for the national security minister, said he had not heard of al-Gerni’s name nor had any details on the status of al-Zarqawi.
The latest statement again urged Muslims to pray for al-Zarqawi, saying: ‘‘We will go on in our way of Jihad until victory or martyrdom and we call upon Muslims to pray for the Mujahedeen and for the safety of our sheik.’’
It was signed off in the name of Abu Doujanah al-Tunisi of the media committee of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Al-Tunisi was not a familiar name signing off such statements.

Al-Zarqawi is believed to be backed by Islamic extremists who have entered Iraq from neighboring countries. Iraq has called on its neighbors, particularly Syria, to stop foreign fighters entering Iraq to clash with U.S. and Iraqi security forces.

http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/05/26/africa/web.0526iraq2.php

[Casey]

here's where it stands......with all this being said, I am trying to get a post translated that seems to indicate that commanders have been assigned to specific areas in Iraq.....will post if I can get it translated.

Al-Qaeda in Iraq names new acting leader (http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13809097)
Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India
Baghdad: At least seven people were killed in attacks in Baghdad, as Al-Qaeda's Iraq branch said in an Internet statement it has named an acting chief for its ...

Al-Qaeda denies appointment of replacement (http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=272&fArticleId=2536005)
Cape Times (subscription) - Cape Town,South Africa
Dubai: Conflicting statements about the leadership of al-Qaeda in Iraq appeared on the internet yesterday following reports that its chief, Jordanian Abu Musab ...

Al-Qaeda Refutes Rumors About Zarqawi; Indicates Good News Is ... (http://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_internal.php?article=102892&list=/home.php)
jihadunspun.com - West Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers has issued a statement denouncing the rumors that are rife among mainstream news media and have dismissed that a ...

Al-Qaeda names deputy to Zarqawi in Iraq: Report (http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1377329,00050004.htm)
Hindustan Times - Delhi,India
Al-Qaeda's wing in Iraq on Thursday said it had appointed a deputy to its leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who is reportedly wounded and has left the country ...

[Vancouver]

It identified Abu Hafs al-Gerni as ‘‘deputy of the holy warriors.
They probably mean Abud Haf al-Qarni, who is Saudi.
What I'm hearing is that Zarqawi has a lung wound and is deteriorating. There's even a story that some of his relatives have been escorted to Iraq (dunno by whom) to identify his remains when they become available.

[Casey]

more......

Al-Qaeda thrives despite body blow

IAN MATHER
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT
ABU Musab al-Zarqawi has long been viewed as the key figure in the insurgency sweeping Iraq. By capturing him it was once thought that the new government would gain control of even the most hostile areas of the country.

But the power struggle to succeed al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq has shown that the organisation is resilient enough to withstand the blow.

Since being wounded last week it has emerged that Iraq's most wanted terrorist has fled the country for emergency surgery after an American air strike left him with shrapnel in his chest.

According to a senior insurgent commander in close contact with Zarqawi, who has a $25m bounty on his head after being blamed for suicide bombings, assassinations and the beheadings of hostages, including Liverpudlian Ken Bigley, he is believed to be in Iran.

He has suffered from bouts of high fever since being wounded as he fled the American offensive near Al-Qaim in northwestern Iraq, the commander said. Although his condition has stabilised, supporters are said to be preparing to move him to another "non-Arab" country for an operation to remove the shrapnel.

The absence of triumphalism in Washington over the shooting of Zarqawi indicates that the US no longer considers that the insurgency can be beaten through the removal of one man.

There were no shortage of candidates vying to take over from Zarqawi.

The power struggle surfaced on the internet, which al-Qaeda uses as its main means of communication and propaganda with a skill surprising for an organisation that wants to return to the purity of the seventh century.

Analysts say that the insurgency can carry on with or without Zarqawi's guiding hand, as it showed last week when it downed a US helicopter, killing two soldiers.

"The organisation has proved to be somewhat resilient," said Brigadier General Carter Ham, commander of Task Force Olympia, who directed thousands of troops during 13 months of operations in Zarqawi's former stomping ground of northern Iraq. "We ought not to expect that the organisation will crumble and cease to exist" as a result of Zarqawi's death or capture, he added.

Diaa Rashwan, an expert on radical Islam at Egypt's Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies, said: "The real danger in Iraq is that you have more than 50 attacks a day, with some made by Zarqawi and 80% made by others.

"It's not really a problem of who will be the successor. He's a symbol for a kind of network of small Islamic groups which share tactics and ideology."

The dispute over the leadership started with an internet announcement in the name of the media coordinator for al-Qaeda's Iraq branch, Abu Maysara al-Iraqi, that Zarqawi had been wounded and that Muslims should pray for him.

There followed another statement signed by an unfamiliar name, Abu Doujanah al-Tunisi of the media committee for al-Qaeda's Iraq branch, claiming that a Saudi militant known as Abu Hafs al-Qarni had been made the group's interim leader - or "deputy of the holy warriors" - until Zarqawi recovered from his wounds.

Al-Qarni "is known for carrying out the hardest operations, and our sheikh would choose him and his group for the tough operations", it said.

A Western diplomat said: "The split itself reveals the extent to which al-Qaeda, which was unknown in Iraq before the US-led invasion, has built an organisation with different departments. A number of potential successors are being mooted, showing that this is not a one-man band. You might even detect shadowy signs of a government-in-waiting.

"The US is no longer giving the impression that if they can remove Zarqawi they will have got rid of al-Qaeda in Iraq. After initially building him up by putting a huge price on his head, they are now playing down his significance."

The widely respected pan-Arab newspaper Al Hayat reported that a number of candidates were competing to succeed Zarqawi. Al-Qarni was not among those named, but Abu Maysara al-Iraqi, the man who ruled him out, is on the list.

Sources in Jordan, close to Zarqawi, also name Abu Maysara al-Iraqi as a potential successor, but also add another contender, Abu al-Dardaa al-Iraqi, an al-Qaeda operative in Baghdad.

One reason for the insurgency's resilience is that despite Zarqawi's Jordanian lineage - and the attempt by the US to foster the belief that almost all suicide bombers are foreigners - the insurgency is largely homegrown.

Its principal supporters are Iraqis formerly loyal to Saddam Hussein and Iraqis devoted to an extreme radical strain of Sunni Islam.

"The majority of people blowing up things, assembling car bombs and financing the blowing up of Humvees or attacks on police stations are Iraqi," said an American diplomat. "There is also a foreign element, a very pernicious foreign element, which is one of the reasons it's so difficult to degrade it."

Steven Emerson, a terror analyst with the Washington-based Investigative Project and author of the book American Jihad, said: "It's the same as we've seen in Pakistan and Afghanistan - hundreds of millions of dollars in collective rewards for Bin Laden and Zarqawi and others have not produced anything in terms of people coming forward in exchange for money.

"There is a deeply entrenched network. It comes from Syria. It comes from Saudi Arabia. There are some people transiting through Jordan. The Syrians, in particular, have a lot of blood on their hands."

However, he added of the wounding of Zarqawi: "Because he's such an on-the-ground commander, and so control-oriented, this could have a major effect in disrupting the insurgency's coordination and operations. Zarqawi was the glue that held the organisation together. It was Zarqawi, Zarqawi, Zarqawi. Not like Bin Laden, who had a whole chain of command that he could rely on."

Another reason the insurgency is proving difficult to defeat is that it has perfected the technique of 'ghosting away' from major confrontations with US forces only to raise its flag in other cities.

Since the assault on Fallujah last November, which was supposed to 'break the back' of the violence, the insurgency has flared repeatedly.

"It's like toothpaste: you squeeze somewhere, and it just pushes the insurgents somewhere else," said Toby Dodge, an Iraq expert at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London.

• A senior Pakistan army commander said yesterday that al-Qaeda-linked militants had been eliminated in the country's South Waziristan tribal region after months of gun battles around this peak and in nearby mountains last year.

Major General Niaz Khattak, who is leading the troops hunting militants, said that between 500 and 600 al-Qaeda linked militants were believed to have been hiding in the region.

"According to our intelligence reports, we now think there are absolutely none in South Waziristan," Khattak said.

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=588542005

[The 801]

Posted on Fri, Jun. 03, 2005

Reports of terrorists meeting in Syria were flawed, U.S. officials say

BY WARREN P. STROBEL AND JONATHAN S. LANDAY

Knight Ridder Newspapers


WASHINGTON - (KRT) - U.S. intelligence has no evidence that terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi visited Syria in recent months to plan bombings in Iraq, and experts don't believe the widely publicized meeting ever happened, according to U.S. officials.

Two weeks ago, a top U.S. military official in Baghdad, Iraq, told reporters that Zarqawi had traveled to Syria in April and met with leaders of the Iraqi insurgency to plan the recent wave of bombings against American troops and the Iraqi government. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity.

In the following days, top Bush administration and Iraqi officials increased their threats against Syria.

The reassessment comes amid a debate within the U.S. intelligence community over how to fight the insurgency and over Syria's role in it, the officials said.

Some analysts argue that, while Damascus has been unhelpful in stopping terrorists crossing its border, its importance is being exaggerated and that the key to defeating the insurgency is in Iraq, not in Syria or Iran.

Three officials who said that the reports of Zarqawi's travels were apparently bogus spoke on condition of anonymity because intelligence matters are classified and because discussing the mistaken report could embarrass the White House and trigger retaliation against them.

The allegation by the U.S. military official in Baghdad that Zarqawi and his lieutenants met in Syria suggests that, despite the controversy over the Bush administration's use of flimsy and bogus intelligence to make its case for war in Iraq, some officials are still quick to embrace dubious intelligence when it supports the administration's case - this time against Damascus.

One of the U.S. officials said the initial report was based on a single human source, who has since changed his story significantly. Another official said the source and his information were quickly dismissed as unreliable by intelligence officials but caught the attention of some political appointees.

These officials and two others said the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies were mystified by the reports of Zarqawi's visit because they had no such information.

"We are not aware of any information that suggests that Zarqawi met in Syria with his lieutenants in April," a defense official said. "However, it doesn't preclude his having met with them most likely in al Anbar," a largely Sunni Muslim province in western Iraq.

The Jordanian-born Zarqawi leads the al-Qaida in Iraq group, which has claimed responsibility for some of the country's deadliest bombings.

U.S. military officials, confirming postings on a Web site used by Zarqawi's group, believe that he was wounded recently in a firefight in Ramadi, west of Baghdad.

Syria has long supported Palestinian terror groups that attack Israel, and Syrian officials have said they're unable to police the long border with Iraq. France and the United States sponsored a U.N. Security Council resolution that forced Damascus to withdraw its troops from Lebanon following the February assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld issued a thinly veiled warning Wednesday to Damascus against providing harbor to anyone allied with Osama bin Laden's network.

"Any country that decides it wants to provide medical assistance or haven to a leading terrorist, al-Qaida terrorist, is obviously associating themselves with al-Qaida and contributing to a great many Iraqis being killed, as well as coalition forces in Iraq. And that is something that people would want to take note of," Rumsfeld said.

But there are sharp differences within the U.S. government over the roles Syria and Iran are playing in the insurgency, which has claimed the lives of more than 800 Iraqis and 80 U.S. troops since Iraq's Shiite-led government was named April 28.

A U.S. official said experts at the Pentagon believe "the keys to the insurgency are external to Iraq" and that closing the Syrian and Iranian borders to the transit of Islamic extremists, weapons and cash would cripple the guerrillas.

But officials at other agencies see the insurgency - the bulk of which is being waged by former members of Saddam Hussein's regime and Sunnis opposed to the Shiite-led government and its U.S. allies - as "an internal Iraqi phenomenon," he said.

Despite the charges that Syria is an important supporter of the insurgency, the U.S. Army has deployed only 400 U.S. soldiers to patrol a 10,000 square-mile area in northwest Iraq abutting Syria and Turkey, Knight Ridder reported this week.

While there's no doubt that insurgents, weapons and cash have crossed into Iraq via Syria, current and former officials say Syria's efforts to stop them too often have been dismissed.

Syria has been "the route of choice" for foreign jihadists trying to enter Iraq, but "putting too much focus on Syria could divert attention away from the much bigger problem: our inability, so far, to deal effectively with the insurgency's center of gravity inside Iraq," said Wayne White, a veteran Middle East intelligence analyst who recently left the State Department.

One official said many fanatics coming to Iraq to wage holy war cross from Saudi Arabia, a close U.S. ally, which also borders Iraq.

Comparing Syria's efforts with Saudi Arabia's, he said: "I'm not sure they're doing any worse."

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http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/11810085.htm

[Casey]

Iraqi troops seize ‘prince of princes’

http://www.bahraintribune.com/Archive/June_2005/5_6_2005_p5-2.jpg



MOSUL, Iraq: Iraqi forces have seized a senior militant leader linked to Jordanian mastermind Abu Musab Al Zarqawi and accused of overseeing an array of deadly attacks in Iraq, the Defence Ministry said yesterday.

A spokesman for the ministry said Mullah Mahdi, sometimes known as Prince of Princes or Abu Abdul Rahman, was detained after a raid backed by US troops on Friday in the northern city of Mosul, where insurgents have built a base of operations.

“This is a very significant achievement. Mullah Mahdi is one of the most dangerous terrorists in the country,” the spokesman said. He would not give details of the operation but said six others, including Mahdi’s brother, were also seized.
Mahdi is believed to be a senior member of Army of Ansar Al Sunna, one of Iraq’s most feared militant groups, responsible for a series of spectacular attacks in Iraq, including a blast inside a US military mess hall in Mosul late last year.

Ansar Al Sunna is believed to have links to Al Qaeda in Iraq, the group led by Zarqawi, Washington’s most-wanted man in Iraq, with a $25 million award being offered for information leading to his capture or death.
n LATIFIYAH: Hundreds of Iraqi and US troops sifted through fields and farms yesterday in an area known as the Triangle of Death, searching through a searing hot late spring day for hideouts used by militants to mount suicide attacks against nearby Baghdad.

They arrested at least 108 Iraqis suspected of involvement in the brutal campaign to topple the Shia-led government.

Insurgents, including groups thought to still be loyal to Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party, have killed at least 830 people since Prime Minister Ibrahim Al Jaafari’s government took over about one month ago.

US and Iraqi forces also arrested 19 suspected insurgents – including a Jordanian and a Syrian – in Baghdad’s western Abu Ghraib district during early morning raids, Army Lt. Col. Abu Fahad Al Khasali said.

Saturday’s offensive in Latifiyah, about 30 km south of Baghdad, were part of Operation Lightning, a massive crackdown aimed at rooting the insurgency out of Baghdad and sapping the strength of militants nationwide. Although the government says the operation involves about 40,000 Iraqi military and security forces, numbers on the ground have not yet matched the size of the claim.

The interior minister has said at least 700 suspected insurgents have been rounded up in the sweep, which has also killed at least 28 militants. US Lt. Col. Michael Infanti said at least 221 people had been detained since last Wednesday by forces carrying out a sweep of Baghdad’s southern distrcts. It was unclear if that number was in addition to Jabr’s 700.

Yesterday’s sweep though the semi-rural Latifiyah area showed that although Iraqi forces were leading the operation, the US military was still the driving force behind the nascent Iraqi army.

About two hours into the operation, for example, American soldiers expressed concern that a suspicious area had not been searched. An Iraqi commander, however, was reluctant to send his troops into the field with tall grass.

“This is a dangerous area. We need helicopters and the American army,” said Iraqi Army Brig. Gen. Najim Al Ekabi. – Agencies

http://www.bahraintribune.com/ArticleDetail.asp?CategoryId=2&ArticleId=71850

[The 801]

Got another one....

Al-Qaida aide detained in northern Iraq: govt

www.chinaview.cn 2005-06-05 23:47:00

BAGHDAD, June 5 (Xinhuanet) -- An aide to al-Qaida branch in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has been detained on Saturday, the Iraqi government said Sunday.

Mutlaq Muhmoud Mutlaq Abdullah was a key facilitator and financier for Abu Talha group in Mosul, which was linked to al- Qaida branch in Iraq led by the Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the government said in a statement.

"(Abdullah) arranges meetings between Abu Talha and some terrorists and is familiar with plans and crimes committed in Mosul, such as murders, rapes and kidnappings," said the statement.

The detention of Abdulla, also known as Abu Raed, came one day after Iraqi police announced the capture of another prominent aide to al-Qaida in Mosul, Mahdi Moussa al-Jabouri, also known as Mullah Mahdi, the purported head of the Mosul cell of the Islamic extremist group of Ansar al-Sunnah Army.

Ansar al-Sunnah is linked to the Zarqawi-led group in Iraq and has claimed responsibility for many bombings, kidnappings and beheadings.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/05/content_3048506.htm

[Petronas]

Zarqawi, the tattooed criminal
June 06, 2005

ABU Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qa'ida in Iraq, disobeyed the teachings of Islam as a young man by tattooing his body and drinking "like a fish", according to the first biography in English of the Jordanian-born terrorist. His delinquent behaviour – knife-wielding, shoplifting, drug-dealing – triggered an intervention by his mother that turned his life around, the author explains. The book includes pictures of Zarqawi with his Jordanian bedouin parents, both of whom are dead.

The biography, Zarqawi: The New Face of Terrorism, claims that Zarqawi, as part of an attempt to build a Europe-wide network of sympathisers, has developed close links with an Islamic cleric under house arrest in Britain. "With Osama bin Laden out of circulation or incapacitated, Zarqawi ... is probably the most important figure within the radical Islamists," said Jean-Charles Brisard, the book's author and a French terrorism investigator.

Brisard recounts how Zarqawi, now 37, was expelled from school. He worked in a paper plant and then as a maintenance worker before drifting into crime. According to the book: "Those who knew him in those years say that he drank like a fish and covered his body with tattoos, two practices condemned by Islam. They called him 'the green man' on account of his many tattoos." Zarqawi was later convicted for wounding with a knife. He was also arrested for shoplifting, drug dealing and a rape allegation.

His mother was so concerned about his criminality she enrolled him at a local mosque. There, under the tutelage of a radical preacher, he decided to travel to Afghanistan to fight the Soviet occupiers. By 1989 his conversion to radical Islam had begun. Since then Zarqawi has spent two periods in Afghanistan and two in Jordanian prisons. In 2000-01 he began to build his own network based at Herat in western Afghanistan.

The book says Zarqawi has used his European network to recruit fighters to Iraq and to make contact with Abu Qatada, a Jordanian cleric now under house arrest in Britain. Qatada was described by a Spanish judge as the spiritual guide for al-Qa'ida and bin Laden's personal representative in Europe. Brisard has previously published the controversial book Bin Laden: the Forgotten Truth, which argued that Washington had planned its "war on terror" years before the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US and that an American desire for access to Central Asian oil blinded it to national security concerns.

Meantime a former personal bodyguard to bin Laden has revealed how the al-Qa'ida leader survived at least three assassination attempts in Afghanistan and rejected several requests to return to his native Saudi Arabia – including one delivered in person by his mother. Abu Jindal, 35, a Yemeni who claims to have worked for bin Laden from 1995 until 2000, said he was given the authority to kill the terror chief if he seemed about to be taken by his enemies. "I was the only member of his bodyguard who was given this authority," he said when interviewed in Yemen by London-based Arabic newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi. "I took care to keep the two bullets in good condition and cleaned them every night ... If enemy forces surrounded Sheik Osama and there was no possibility that he would escape, I was to kill him before they could catch him alive," he said.

Abu Jindal said there were at least three assassination attempts during his time with bin Laden in Afghanistan. The first was in 1998 by a young Uzbek, allegedly sent by the Saudis and offered a reward of 2 million Saudi riyals – $730,000 at today's rates – and Saudi nationality. "He was only 18 and had been deceived. He was crying in a very pathetic manner and said, 'I made a mistake'. Finally, Sheik Osama said to release him." Following another failed assassination attempt in Jalalabad, Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban leader, convinced bin Laden to move to the comparative safety of Kandahar in the south. "At one time the Saudi Government sent his mother and his half-brother by a special Saudi plane that landed at Kandahar airport," said Abu Jindal.

The ex-bodyguard, whose real name is Nasir Ahmad Nasir al-Bahri, served a short prison sentence after returning home. He is now free, although closely watched by the intelligence services.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15521936%255E2703,00.html

[Petronas]

Top Zarqawi aide captured in Iraq's Mosul: US
Thu Jun 16,12:02 PM ET

MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - A top aide to Al-Qaeda frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been captured in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, the US military revealed. Mohammed Khalaf Shakar, also known as Abu Talha, is "Zarqawi's most trusted operations agent in all of Iraq," a military statement said Thursday.

"This is a major defeat for the Al-Qaeda's terrorist organisation in Iraq. Zarqawi's leader in Mosul is out of business," said US Air Force Brigadier General Donald Alston. According to the military statement, he surrendered to US and Iraqi forces on Tuesday without a fight in "a quiet neighbourhood in Mosul" after they were led to his whereabouts by "multiple intelligence sources." "According to former Talha associates, Talha never stayed more than one night at any one residence," the statement added.

Alston, the new top military spokesman, told reporters in Baghdad: "Numerous reports indicated he wore a suicide vest 24 hours a day and stated he would never surrender. Instead Talha gave up without a fight."

Iraqi authorities said recently they had captured one of Abu Talha's most trusted aides and his financial manager, Motleq Mahmud Motleq Abdullah, also known as Abu Raed, in Mosul on May 28. They had also announced the arrest of another Zarqawi aide in Mosul known as Mullah Mehdi.

Abu Talha is accused of masterminding some of the deadliest attacks against US and Iraqi forces in Mosul. Iraq's third-largest city, it has been a major front for the insurgency since November.

"Talha fell like so many others fall, and that is through a combination of factors that ultimately catch up to him," Alston said. "In his case like so many others along the way, civilians helped us get closer to him."

Jordanian-born Zarqawi, who is the most-wanted man in Iraq and has a 25-million-dollar bounty on his head, is believed to have been wounded but the severity of his wounds are not known. He confirmed in an Internet audio message posted in May that he had been "lightly" wounded but claimed he was still fighting in Iraq.

Several aides to Zarqawi have been arrested recently, according to Iraqi authorities, but his organisation is still active. The group has claimed many of the bloodiest attacks in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003. The Iraqi government said in early March that 11 of Zarqawi's top aides were captured and seven killed and that Abu Talha was the most significant man in the network left standing. In a diagram of the network released at the time Abu Talha is shown mustachioed with a full head of hair and appears to be in his 30s.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050616/wl_mideast_afp/iraquszarqawi_050616160226

[Petronas]

Zarqawi Says US Bombing Killed Al-Rashoud
Friday, 24, June, 2005 (17, Jumada al-Ula, 1426)
Raid Qusti & Saad Al-Matrafi

RIYADH/JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 — A statement posted on the Internet by the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Mussab Al-Zarqawi, said yesterday that Abdullah Al-Rashoud, one of the most wanted men on a Saudi list of 26 terrorists, had been killed in US airstrikes on the Iraqi town of Qaim near the Syrian border.

Interior Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Mansoor Al-Turki told Arab News: “The authorities can neither confirm nor deny the information of Al-Rashoud’s killing that was mentioned in the statement.” He said security forces in the Kingdom would not stop hunting for terror suspects until the ministry can confirm the reports of their deaths. “We have seen these reports, but have no information on them. It’s being investigated, but as of this time, we have no confirmation,” US Army Staff Sgt. Nick Minecci told Arab News by telephone from the coalition’s Combined Press Information Center, CPAC, in Baghdad. Abdullah Muhammad Rashid Al-Rashoud, 37, had been No. 24 on the list of the 26 most wanted terror leaders put out by the Kingdom two years ago and was one of only three militants on the list still at large.

The web posting, the authenticity of which could not be confirmed, said he slipped into Iraq in April. “He entered Iraq a month and a half ago as an immigrant crossing the border to Al-Fayafi and Al-Qaffar to Al-Qaim to participate in the battles there. He responded to God’s call and was seeking his paradise and wanted glory for his religion,” the statement said. It did not mention the date he was killed but said that it was due to the aerial bombings of the city. “When the Crusaders could not enter the area, the only thing they could do was bombard the Mujahedeen with warplanes,” it said. “Our sheikh (Al-Rashoud) got what he wished” — martyrdom.

With the death of Al-Rashoud, the number of remaining top terrorists in the Kingdom are down to two: Saleh Al-Aufi, the alleged leader of Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, and Taleb Al-Taleb. Asked to give a number of Saudi fighters in Iraq, Interior Ministry spokesman Al-Turki cited previous statements by the interior minister and other officials that said “the Kingdom does not have any information of the number of Saudis in Iraq.”

Al-Rashoud was originally reported killed in July 2004 clashes in Saudi Arabia, but Saudi officials quickly denied the report and said he was still at large. Al-Rashoud was one of the religious leaders of the terrorists in the Kingdom. He issued statements through the Internet calling for young men to join him and his fellow terrorists in fighting jihad. He was known to be a very aggressive and argumentative man. When the Saudi government merged the Girls’ Educational Department with the Boys’, Al-Rashoud led a group of men to the Grand Mufti’s house and demanded that action be taken to prevent the merger. Al-Rashoud attacked two well-known Saudi scholars: Sheikh Salman Al-Ouda and Sheikh Safar Al-Hawali, and accused them of being cowards for changing their stands.

Al-Rashoud issued “fatwas” to his followers allowing them to kill and attack government officials. He was imprisoned in 1997 for accusing government officials of being infidels.

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=65856&d=24&m=6&y=2005

[Casey]

Abu-Musab Al-Zarqawi on trial in Jordan.

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Al Qaeda plotted chemical attack: Witness

June 23, 2005 10:16 IST
Islamic militants planned to detonate an explosion that would have sent a cloud of toxic chemicals across Jordan, causing death, blindness and sickness, a chemical expert has testified in a military court.

Col. Najeh al-Azam was giving evidence, on Wednesday, in the trial of 13 men who are alleged to have planned what would have been the world's first chemical attack by the al-Qaida terror group. The accused include al-Qaida's leader in Iraq, Abu-Musab Al-Zarqawi, and three other fugitives who are being tried in absentia.

Jordanian security services foiled the plot in April last year. Jordanian officials say that had it been carried out, thousands of people would have died.

Azam, a chemical expert at Jordan's General Intelligence Department, testified that a large quantity of plastic containers seized from the defendants contained hydrogen peroxide. He said the accused planned to add 'ground black cumin' to the concentrated solution, which would have made "an explosive substance stronger than TNT."

"They sought to disperse poisonous gases which would have caused death, illnesses and blindness," Azam testified.

He said his information was based on the steps to manufacture the chemical explosion as given in the confession of prime defendant Azmi al-Jayousi. Al-Jayousi has told the court his confession was extracted under duress.

Al-Azam said the defendants also had oxygen, sulfuric acid and nitroglycerin. "These are highly combustible substances which the defendants had planned to use to cause explosions that would have dispersed the toxic chemicals," he said.

http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/jun/23qaeda.htm

[Casey]

Al-Zawahiri Rides the Reform Wave
Buzzwords like
26/06/2005 By Mshari Al-Zaydi


http://www.aawsat.com/english/images/2005/06/27/C244586.jpg

In his most recent videotaped message, Ayman al Zawahiri appeared on the Arabic language TV channel al Jazeera on Friday 17 th June 2005 (http://www.wincoast.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8928) and, rather intriguingly, spoke about the recent political activity of non-religious movements across the Arab World, as represented by Kifayah, or the Egyptian Movement for Change.

Al Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s second in command, was cynical about peaceful methods to bring about change in the region. Instead, he reiterated that, “Jihad (holy struggle) is the only way to reform the Islamic nation. Expelling the infidels and invaders, the Jews and the Crusaders, will not be achieved by demonstrating and voicing one’s demands, but by jihad and war.

Dismissing the usefulness of latest displays of popular participation, such as the Kifayah movement in Egypt and the anti- Syrian demonstrations in Lebanon , and the increasingly loud talk of reform and political participation since the fall of Saddam Hussein, al Zawahiri discussed his organization’s three- pronged program to change the Islamic World.

Accordingly, al Qaeda believes in the application of Sharia Law (Islamic Law), the liberation territories inhabited by Muslims from foreign occupation, and the freedom of the Islamic Nation to run its affairs as it please, unlikely until the judiciary system becomes free. An analysis of al Zawahiri’s proposal reveals that al Qaeda hasn’t significantly modifieded the form and content of its discourse in recent years. The only change involves the use of terminology applicable to the present international situation; a proof that al Qaeda is in tune with current affairs.

If one were to review the pronouncements of al Qaeda’s leadership since the begging of the war on terror and examine the speeches of Osama bin Laden and al Zawahiri, one will notice that the core ideology, to apply Islamic Law according to Salafi (following the methods of the early Muslims) belief, by way of jihad, has remained constant.

Periodically, however, al Qaeda announcements reflect the concerns of the day. For example, in a videotaped message shown on al Jazeera, in February of this year, al Zawahiri said US military practices at Camp Delta in Guantanamo put in question the country’s claims that it supports democracy and freedom. The speech doesn’t attack the concepts of democracy and reform, it doubts whether the administration of President George W. Bush adheres to them.

Similarly, in November 2004, al Zawahiri revealed, in a recording partly broadcast by al Jazeera, the stark choice in front for the US administration: either to treat Muslims with respect in accordance with mutual interests, or continue regarding the lands of Islam and its resources as liable for conquest and face the consequences. It is worth mentioning that the al Qaeda official uses a pragmatic language by emphasizing mutual relation. This is in marked contrast to the common militant jihadist stance in support of military confrontation until the world comes under the authority of Islamic Law and the “Kinghts of the Prophet”, to quote a recent book al Zawahiri where he attacks those who subscribe to peaceful ways to change.

In a video shown on the al Arabiyah channel, timed to coincide with the meeting of Arab leaders in Tunisia in May 2004, al Zawahiri rejected the reforms proposed at the meeting as useless. Some observers believe that the statement was intentionally meant to coincide with the conference that discussed US plans for reform in the Middle East . Yet again, al Zawahiri attacked the Bush administration for depriving Muslims of freedom and democracy. He said, “The US doesn’t want reform in the Arab World. It will never allow democracy or freedom in the region because it doesn’t Muslims to enjoy them”, in a language that reminds us of a human rights activist.

If one is to take a step back and examine al Zawahiri’s philosophy and views on jihad, as publicized in his writings, it becomes evident that he has ferociously attacked both democracy and freedom. In his book “A Bitter Harvest”, a critical assessment of sixty years of the Muslim Brotherhood, he equates democracy with the absence of religious sentiment.

According to Egyptian Islamist, Kamal Habib, the book was a response to the Brotherhood swearing allegiance to President Hosni Mubarak, in 1987. Al Zawahri criticized this approach and said: “Beware of the democracy that implies the rule of the people. It is a new religion that deifies humans and gives them the authority to formulate their own laws, independently from any higher authority.”

He added, “Democracy is positivist religion that encourages atheism, by giving people the right to legislate, while Islam gives it exclusively to Allah.” Speaking of Egyptian politics, he warned the reader about “the Members of Parliament who assume they are God”, indicating that Egyptians should avoid “running for election”.

In these extracts, the reader encounters a strict rejection of the principal of democracy and freedom that is repeated in a later book by al Zawahiri, “Knights Under the Prophet's Banner”. It is only in his latest statements that we see evidence of a possible development of his beliefs. This is reminiscent of the change in the language used by bin Laden, in a speech last October, a few days before the US electorate cast their votes in the presidential election. Al Qaeda’s leader used few religious terms, choosing instead, a language of political analysis, for example repeating the word free and emphasized he is fighting for freedom. He asked: “If Bush says we fight the US because we hate free countries, why hasn’t al Qaeda targeted Sweden ?” He also revealed that the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 marked a turning point in his life and attacked the US government.

As for the claim that bin Laden was radicalized as a result of Tel Aviv’s military operation in Lebanon, the Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, who personally knew the al Qaeda leader, remembered in an interview with Asharq Al Awsat, how “in 1987, Osama spoke of boycotting US goods as a response to the first Palestinian Intifada (uprising) but never mentioned bombing and destroying towers.” Therefore, it is safe to conclude that the last statements by the al Qaeda leadership, where they appear to modify their stances, are nothing more than an appropriation of the latest terminology. In other words, the turban might be adjusted slightly, but the person wearing it remains the same.

http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?id=586

[Casey]

Zarqawi denounces Saudi "tyrants" in tape


DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq's al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi denounced Saudi Arabia's rulers as despots allowing Westerners to loot the riches of Islam's birthplace, in an Internet audio tape attributed to him on Tuesday.

"The (Saudi) tyrants are traitors to the nation and its religion, who have waged war against the mujahideen and allowed the Crusaders into the peninsula of Prophet Mohammad to loot its wealth and spread corruption," said the speaker, who sounded like Zarqawi, on the tape posted on an Islamist Web site.

"From what we have seen of these tyrants, their rule has no legitimacy," said the speaker on the tape, presented as the first of a series of lectures by the Jordanian militant to be issued on the Internet by al Qaeda's wing in Iraq.

In the undated tape, which was more than an hour long, the speaker referred to the death of the leader of al Qaeda's Saudi wing, Saleh al-Awfi, who was killed by Saudi security forces on Aug. 18 in a shootout in the holy city of Medina.

The tape was issued hours after Saudi forces stormed a militant hideout in the eastern city of Dammam, ending three days of fierce fighting in which security sources said at least six suspects and four policemen were killed.

Saudi Arabia has been battling a two-year wave of violence by supporters of Saudi-born al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden who have targeted Westerners and security forces in the world's biggest oil exporter.

More than 90 foreign and Saudi civilians have been killed in al Qaeda violence aimed at toppling the pro-Western royal family and evicting non-Muslims from the birthplace of Islam.

Analysts say the accession last month of Saudi King Abdullah, a pious figure popular with his conservative Muslim subjects, could swing greater public support behind the kingdom's crackdown against al Qaeda militants.

The tape attributed to Zarqawi -- Washington's most wanted man in Iraq -- was posted on an Islamist Web site that often carries messages from al Qaeda and other insurgent groups in Iraq.

Saudis are reportedly among the main groups of foreign militants who have joined the insurgency fighting U.S.-led forces and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government.

The speaker on the tape blasted education reforms in Muslim countries as un-Islamic, in apparent reference to changes brought about after U.S. criticism following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

The education system in Saudi Arabia and other countries has come under attack in the West for promoting hatred of non-Muslims and violence against Westerners.

Many Arabs and Muslims see U.S. policy in the Middle East as directed against Islam and infringing on their independence.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=9/8/2005&Cat=4&Num=004

[Solo]

Yet another news article that is several days old. :mad_01:

[Casey]

Yet another news article that is several days old. September 8, 2005

BAD Tehran Times.

I'll write them a letter of complaint, k?

[Casey]

The 14-9-2005/(tmé) a word for the sheikh Musab the fighter, father, a statement (élzrqaouee)"(hdha) for the people vow (é) in him ."

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In the name of God the Gracious Merciful .
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Al-Hamad distract and the prayer and the peace on Mohammad, Prophet prophet, and on a god and (éjmàeen) befriended.
As for a distance.:

A new word carried Musab father for the sheikh Al-Zarqawi " clashes (éllh)"(houl) kept today, and she in an address " this a statement for the people vow (é) in him ."

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And God admired Akbar God...Distract the esteem and for envoy and for the fighters.

Abu Iraqi concessional .
(The informational section in the two tributaries countries in Al-Qaeda Organization .)

The speakers stipulated.
In the name of God the Gracious Merciful .
{ Diminished for which atoned will defeat and cram to a hell and an evil * had been to you the verse met in two categories for the sake of a category battles God and an infidel other see two examples the eye opinion and God. Supports winningly want depart in that for an example the eyesights. }
The informational section engages in the two tributaries countries for Al-Qaeda Organization . :

A word for the sheikh Musab the fighter, father, Al-Zarqawi the Al-Qaeda Organization prince - in the two tributaries countries in an address and. :
This a statement for the people vow in him .

Muaez (élhmdllh) the Islam in triumph, and humiliated the trap and the matters bank in vanquishing in matter, and allured the infidels coerced, the days estimated countries in justice, and the consequence made and the prayer in favor for . And the peace on higher God the Islam lodestar in sword..

The days pass and the events continue, the clashes become numerous and, and diversify named, and the one goal.
( . )

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And he the destroyed hurricane.
Facing which the big incapability amount entirety uncovered the destruction which this hurricane caused for the world, because of terrifying exhaustion for the American army energies in Iraq and Afghanistan, aspects feasts to the minds. The racist separation between the American people individuals, uncover the basis frailty (bneeanh) conducts on her , so the polishing operations and killing spread, and the looting operations and ravaging spread, and coming (adhee) and a matter. - rose in the God permit.-
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The two crucifixes use for toxic gas in clashes against the fighters.
That denied the black house masters and followers, Tall Afar wrote so interrogated of conditions infirmaries big in lines which walls aggrieved, from and could from parents . The departure tongues and the escape of the bombardment hell Al-Saleebi the treachery hand grabbed from the treachery corps members not and, to devastate in the men a torture and a torture and massacring, and in the women a violation to symptoms ,. Looting and and a robbery for jewelry and decoration.

She is a organization sectarianism war.

Returned separations in sealing, (rghmt) noses which God blinded and a seal eyesights on hearts. ,
And O rules the (arkhst) adherents of the Sunnah scientists on you sons bloods, reduced in a price and in overcasting?!
Insulted women symptoms on you ?!

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Where lent??

But where chivalry and jealousy and chivalry?

Entered and she cries on the chivalry. . And said Aalam the girl wails.
And said no how cry and parents .. . All without the God creation died.
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And God the position is tough, and the account tough!.

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Or this doubts the traitor the role bombardment counts a triumph on from in her from the women and the babies? the evil the victory and God!.!
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The fighters a cuttingly sword had infected, a soaking brand, to you and for soldiers thanks to God (wltsqoun) in the God permit from the death glasses colors, stinking (bjeefkm) adherents of the Sunnah lands (wltkounn) a receptacle. , and advanced wanted or delayed..
And raved a call in Iraq for general adherents of the Sunnah .

Did not rush of hibernation, demand which missed, sleep had last long , and the war for the judiciary on adherents of the Sunnah not and will not stop and she coming all ran from you except. Wants God, did not hurry, in following in fighters riding for the defense of (dhb) lent of symptoms , she is and God the heartbreak and the regret but and no hours regretted..
, and sold some lent in a width of the world,. So in the time in Tall Afar which slaughters adherents of the Sunnah necks in him established and others , an upland these traitors occur in Arbil thaw the Jews Barazani and the Taliban to them for gains collecting. In this constitution Al-Sharki , these which betrayed the nation before were a one conspiracy staff (lastnqadh) the crusaders in the first Al-Fallujah clash..

And a building what preceded and a distance mentioning on all a truth entirety discovered this clash for the world, from and aimed real is Al-Qaeda Organization from her decided in the two tributaries countries as follows. :
: (bma) (an) government grandson (élàlqmee) and the crucifix butler eulogized Ibrahim Al-Jaafari had announced comprehensive war on adherents of the Sunnah in Tall Afar and of distance gray and established and Samara storytelling and under excuses. Rights returning and the judiciary on the terrorists had decided the organization, a comprehensive war announcement on Shiites (élrouafdh) in all Iraq parts, where and what strove and what a retribution sweetened a accord from you and. Beginning and take initiative was in the assault and takes caution so and God a pity will not take in you , and will not obtain of the fighters strikes from us a mercy which a sect wants distance in soul so. Hurried and on the innocent quickness wing from the Al-Jaafari government and crimes, otherwise so they in the judgment whether, had excused warned..

: henceforth all which affiliation proves the pagan guard or the police and the army or prove he is an agent or a spy for the crusaders, so killing ruled merely and for Yass but. And house or (threeqh) destroyed a retribution on treason after the women expulsion and the posterity from him for religion and nation to and a phenomenon example and a deterred homily are other..
Thirdly tried Al-Daleemy Abu (rghal) the brigade and Al-Sheqaq transmitted (zaàma) between the fighters and the clans the clans sheikhs which the arrival requested (lastnqadhhm) from him and Mahed raved lying and a fabrication, so sons. The clans one important struggle pillars , and this the clans were the hands to her white in struggle backing and parents , with and this and we warn the clans all clans or a party or. An association prove involvement and employment for the crusaders and thaw from the defectors so and which sent Mohammad as visit the crusaders and to root (nstàsln) to (nqsdnhm) in the right, (wlnfrqn) collected and what he except two camps.
The right camp and followers.

And the lie camp (wàsheeaàh) .

So chose in which the two ditches are, and what the traitors afflicted in some in established option an evidence on that..
And in the end...

So say (élsfoueeeen) (walrouafdh) for the crusaders crime and action the coward, God will not pass without a hard punishment in a permit in Tall Afar .
To defy the (élàlqmee) son grandsons government and on head Al-Daleemy (rghal) remove from burrows from the region green to face fighters task force the evil in the life, life,. (yansaà) !.
The evil the chivalry chivalry (yajbnaà) .
O (ashbah) the men and no men.

Or hear O as for and myself in hand real-time to address in the (yqtr) voice a blood and the days between us , and God predominant on matter but more people do not know and praise be to God a master. Aalmin ..

14-9-2005/حمل كلمة للشيخ المجاهد ابي مصعب الزرقاوي"هذا بيان للناس ولينذرو ا به"

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
يارب سدد الرمي وثبت الاقدام
الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله نبينا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين
اما بعد:
حمل كلمة جديدة للشيخ ابي مصعب الزرقاوي "حفظه الله"حول معارك اليوم ، والتي هي بعنوان "هذا بيان للناس ولينذرو ا به"

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أبو ميسرة العراقي
(القسم الإعلامي بتنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين)





الكلمة نص
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
{ قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ سَتُغْلَبُونَ وَتُحْشَرُونَ إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ * قَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ آيَةٌ فِي فِئَتَيْنِ الْتَقَتَا فِئَةٌ تُقَاتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ وَأُخْرَى كَافِرَةٌ يَرَوْنَهُم مِّثْلَيْهِمْ رَأْيَ الْعَيْنِ وَاللّهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصْرِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لَّأُوْلِي الأَبْصَارِ }
القسم الإعلامي لتنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين يقدم :
كلمة للشيخ المجاهد أبي مصعب الزرقاوي –أمير تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين وهي بعنوان :
هذا بيان للناس ولينذروا به
الحمدلله معز الإسلام بنصره , ومذل الشرك بقهره , ومصرف الأمور بأمره , ومستدرج الكافرين بمكره , الذي قدر الأيام دولاً بعدله , وجعل العاقبة للمتقين بفضله , والصلاة والسلام على من أعلى الله منار الإسلام بسيفه .
تمضي الأيام وتتوالى الأحداث , وتتعدد المعارك , وتتنوع المسميات , والهدف واحد
( حرب صليبية رافضية ضد أهل السنة )
لقد تلاقت مصالح الصليبيين , مع أهواء إخوانهم الروافض الحاقدين , فكانت هذه الجرائم والمجازر في حق أهل السنة ,فمن الفلوجة إلى المدائن ,وديالا وسامراء والموصل , ومرور بالرمادي , وهيت وحديثة وراوة , والقائم وغيرها ,وأخيراً وليس آخراً في تلعفر , هذه المعركة التي جاءت في توقيتها لتغطي على فضيحة عدو الله بوش في تعامله مع ما خلفه جندي واحد من جنود الله
وهو إعصار كاترينا المدمر
الذي كشف للعالم أجمع مقدار العجز الكبير في مواجهة الدمار الذي أحدثه هذا الإعصار , بسبب الاستنزاف الهائل لطاقات الجيش الأمريكي في العراق وأفغانستان , وليعيد إلى الأذهان مظاهر التفريق العنصري بين أفراد الشعب الأمريكي , وليكشف هشاشة الأسس التي يقوم عليها بنيانه , فـ انتشرت عمليات الصقل والقتل , وتفشت عمليات السلب والنهب , والآتي أدهي وأمر –بإذن الله تعالى-
جاءت هذه المعركة لتكشف النقاب عن ذلك الوجه القبيح لحكومة أحفاد أبن العلقمي , ولتهتك الستر الذي يتوارون خلفه حيث تم عزل الأحياء الرافضية في المدينة لتجنيبها القصف والدمار ثم ليتم من بعدها شن حرب إبادة شاملة على أحياء أهل السنة , في خطوة للقضاء على كل مظاهر الحياة في هذه الأحياء , وقد ثبت لنا ثبوت لا مرية فيه
استخدام الصليبين للغازات السامة في معاركهم ضد المجاهدين
وإن أنكر ذلك أرباب البيت الأسود وأتباعهم , وهذه مشافي تلعفر دونكم فـ استنطقوها عن حالات الاختناق والتسمم الكبيرة في صفوف من ضمتهم جدرانها , ومن استطاع من أهل السنة النزوح والفرار من جحيم القصف الصليبي تلقفته يد الغدر من أعضاء فيلق الغدر وغيره , لتعيث في الرجال تعذيباً وتنكيلاً وتقتيلا , وفي النساء انتهاك لـ أعراضهن , وسلب وسرقة لحليهن وزينتهن
إنها حرب طائفية منظمة
أعدت فصولها بإحكام , وإن رغمت أنوف من أعمى الله أبصارهم , وختم على قلوبهم ,
ويحكم يا علماء أهل السنة أرخصت عليكم دماء أبنائكم , فبعتموها بثمن بخس ؟!
أهانت عليكم أعراض نسائكم ؟!
ويلكم أما بلغكم أن كثير من أخواتكم العفيفات الطاهرات من أهل السنة في تلعفر قد أنتهك عرضهن , وذبح عفافهن , وامتلأت أرحامهن بنطف الصليبيين , واخوانهم الروافض الحاقدين
أين دينكم ؟؟
بل أين نخوتكم وغيرتكم ومروءتكم ؟
دخلت على المروءة وهي تبكي . . فقلت علام تنتحب الفتاة
فقالت كيف لا أبكي وأهلي . . جميعاً دون خلق الله ماتوا
هذا ومازال المجاهدون , يصاولون العدو ويقاتلونه , فكيف إذا ما أستقر الأمر لحكومة أحفاد أبن العلقمي وأشتد ساعدهم , وترسخت قواعدهم وأركانهم , ماذا تنتظرون في أنفسكم , أتحسبون أنكم بكتابتكم بيان تنديد واستنكار قد نجوتم من مساءلة العزيز الجبار ؟
والله إن الموقف شديد , والحساب عسير !
هاهو ذنب الروافض سعدون الدليمي لا أسعده الله , يتبجح بذكر انتصاراتهم في تلعفر , وليت شعري عن أي نصر يتكلم هؤلاء الجبناء ؟ الذين لا يجرؤ أحدهم على الخروج من جحره إلا وهو محكم بظهور نساء المارينز .
أو يظن هذا الخائن أن قصف الدور على من فيها من النساء والأطفال يعد نصرا ؟ بئس النصر والله !!
لقد حشدوا في معركتهم هذه مع الفئة القليلة المؤمنة التي لا يتجاوز تعدادها المئات , أكثر من عشرة آلاف من الجنود ؟! منهم أربعة آلاف من الصليبيين , وهذا إن دل فـ إنما يدل على مقدار الخوف والهلع الذي أصاب نفوسهم , وتراهم يزعمون قتل العشرات وأسر المئات من العرب والأفغان , وهذا كله محض كذب وافتراء , فالمدينة خالية من وجود أي من المجاهدين العرب , وليعرضوا هؤلاء الأسرى إن كانوا صادقين , ثم يتوعد هذا الذنب , الذي خان دينه وأمته , ورضي بأن يكون مطية للصليبيين والصفويين , بأنه قادم هو وزبانيته نحو الأنبار والقائم , وراوة وسامراء , ونحن نقول له :
إن المجاهدين بفضل الله قد أعدوا لك ولجنودك سيف قاطعاً , وسم ناقعا , ولتسقوّن بإذن الله من كؤوس الموت ألوانا , ولتكونن أراضي أهل السنة بجيفكم النتنة وعاء , فتقدموا إن شئتم أو تأخروا .
وهذا نداء لأهل السنة عامة في العراق
ألا هبوا من سباتكم , واستيقضوا من غفلتكم , فقد طال رقادكم , وإن رحى الحرب للقضاء على أهل السنة لم ولن تتوقف وهي آتية دار كل منكم إلا أن يشاء الله , وإن لم تبادروا , باللحاق بركب المجاهدين للدفاع عن دينكم الذب عن أعراضكم , فإنها والله الحسرة والندامة ولكن ولا ساعة ندم.
وإياكم وما يروج له من خدعة الدستور الدعوات للمشاركة في الاستفتاء عليه من قبل أدعياء أهل السنة الذين خانوا الله ورسوله , وباعوا دينهم بعرض من الدنيا قليل , فـ في الوقت الذي تنحر فيه رقاب أهل السنة في تلعفر والقائم وغيرهما , نجد هؤلاء الخونة في أربيل يستجدون أذناب اليهود ( البرزاني والطالباني ) لتحصيل مكاسب لهم في هذا الدستور الشركي , هؤلاء الذين خانوا الأمة من قبل , فكانوا أحد أركان المؤامرة لاستنقاذ الصليبيين في معركة الفلوجة الأولى .
وبناء على كل ماسبق ذكره , وبعد أن تبين للعالم أجمع حقيقة هذه المعركة , ومن المستهدف الحقيقي منها فإن تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين قرر مايلي :
أولا : بما أن حكومة حفيد أبن العلقمي وخادم الصليب إبراهيم الجعفري قد أعلنت حربها الشاملة على أهل السنة في تلعفر ومن بعدها الرمادي والقائم وسامراء وراوة تحت ذرائع إعادة الحقوق والقضاء على الإرهابيين فقد قرر التنظيم , إعلان حرب شاملة على الشيعة الروافض في جميع أنحاء العراق , أين ما وجدوا وحيث ما حلوا جزاء وفاقا فمنكم كان الابتداء وأنتم من بادر بالاعتداء فخذوا حذركم فـ والله لن تأخذنا بكم رأفة , ولن تنالكم منا رحمة وأي طائفة تريد أن تنأى بنفسها عن ضربات المجاهدين فـ لتبادر وعلى جناح السرعة بالبراءة من حكومة الجعفري وجرائمها , وإلا فـ هم في الحكم سواء , وقد أعذر من أنذر .
ثانياً : من الآن فصاعدا كل من يثبت انتسابه إلى الحرس الوثني أو الشرطة والجيش أو يثبت أنه عميل أو جاسوس للصليبيين , فـ حكمه القتل وليس فحسب بل وهدم منزله أو تحريقه بعد إخراج النساء والذرية منه جزاء على خيانته لدينه وأمته ولـ يكون لغيره عبرة ظاهرة وعظة زاجرة .
ثالثاً : حاول أبو رغال الدليمي بث الفرقة والشقاق بين المجاهدين والعشائر زاعماً أن شيوخ العشائر هم من طلب منه المجيء لاستنقاذهم وهذا محض كذب واختلاق , فـ أبناء العشائر هم أحد أهم ركائز الجهاد , وهذه العشائر كان لها الأيادي البيضاء في نصرة الجهاد وأهله , ومع هذا فنحن نحذر العشائر بأن كل عشيرة أو حزب أو جمعية يثبت تورطها وعمالتها للصليبيين وأذنابهم من المرتدين فـ والذي بعث محمد بالحق لـ نقصدنهم كما نقصد الصليبيين ولـ نستأصلن شأفتهم , ولنفرقن جمعهم فما هو إلا معسكران
معسكر الحق وأتباعه
ومعسكر الباطل وأشياعه
فـ اختاروا في أي الخندقين تكونون , وما حل في بعض الخونة في القائم خير دليل على ذلك .
وفي الختام ..
فـ نقول للصليبيين والروافض الصفويين بأن جريمتكم وفعلكم الجبان , في تلعفر لن يمر دون عقاب قاس بإذن الله
وأني لأتحدى حكومة أحفاد أبن العلقمي وعلى رأسها الجعفري المجوسي وأبو رغال الدليمي أن يخرجوا من جحورهم من المنطقة الخضراء لـ يواجهوا كتائب المجاهدين ألا بئس في الحياة حياتكم يانساء !
ألا بئس المروءة مروءتكم ياجبناء
يا أشباه الرجال ولا رجال
أو تسمعون أيها الأعداء أما والذي نفسي بيده أني لـ أخاطبكم بصوت يقطر دما والأيام بيننا , والله غالب على أمره ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون والحمد لله رب العالمين .

[The 801]

Now, let's get to the heart of the matter.. shall we? -801


JORDAN: AL-ZARQAWI FAMILY'S NEW-FOUND WEALTH RAISES QUESTIONS


Zarka, 27 Sept. (AKI) - Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric, Ali al-Sistani has denounced the vast, sudden and unexplained increase in the wealth of the family of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, in recent months, according to the Sout al-Iraq (Voice of Iraq) website. It speculates that at least some of the al-Zarqawi family's new-found wealth may have come from supporters of Iraq's defunct Baath party.

According to reliable sources in al-Zarqawi's hometown of Zarqa, recent months have seen his family's previously modest economic status rise to an affluence typical of businessmen and property owners, Sout al-Iraq says.

"Some in the al-Zarqa neighbourhood of the city say that al-Zarqawi's family now has a lot of money obtained from various sources, but no-one can specify the identity and nature of these sources," the website claims.

Al-Zarqawi was born Ahmad Fadil Nazal al-Khalaylah in 1966, one of ten children (four boys and six girls) and raised in the rough al-Kasara suburb of al-Zarqa, a working class town. The family home has been described as being in a particularly unpleasant area near the town cemetery and an abandoned quarry.

His father was a local tribal leader and retired army officer. When he died in 1984, 17-year-old al-Zarqawi dropped out of school and fell into a life of drinking, drug abuse and violence on the streets of Zarqa. He was jailed for drug possession and sexual assault and his cri
minal activities are thought to have led him to the town's Palestinian refugee camp where he was exposed to radical Salafist preachers.

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.212606378&par=0

[The 801]

Zarqawi emerging as self-sustained force-US intel

27 Sep 2005 20:34:36 GMT

Source: Reuters

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's network of al Qaeda-linked insurgents is emerging as a self-sustaining force, despite repeated blows by U.S. forces and the reported death of his second-in-command, U.S. intelligence officials and other experts say.

The Zarqawi network, responsible for some of the Iraqi insurgency's bloodiest attacks, has grown into a loose confederation of mainly native Iraqis trained by former Baath Party regime officers in explosives, small arms, rockets and surface-to-air missiles.

Since U.S. counter-insurgency assaults forced many of its operatives to exit Iraq's cities, counterterrorism officials say al Qaeda has been trying to set up a safe haven for training and command operations in western Anbar province.

"The suggestion is that this has shifted from being a terrorist network to a guerrilla army," said Vali Nasr, a national security affairs expert at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

"If this were not checked, the insurgents would become not only militarily more powerful, but politically more powerful. We're definitely trying to deny that milestone to Zarqawi."

U.S. military officials on Tuesday said they had killed Zarqawi's No. 2 in Iraq, an operative identified as Abu Azzam. Al Qaeda did not verify the U.S. claim.

But intelligence officials said the death of Zarqawi himself would not mean al Qaeda's defeat in Iraq, partly because he has ceded authority over day-to-day operations to regional commanders and tribal leaders who operate according to his strategic guidelines.

"If he died in the cause, that's huge. That's what everybody wants. Then he's a giant figurehead and everybody can do something in his name," one intelligence official said.

"He has enough force in place to sustain operations," the official added. "Al Qaeda in Iraq ... regenerates very quickly. You knock off a guy who's in charge in a certain area, another person steps into the gap."

Zarqawi's network, believed to consist of 2,000 to 5,000 hardcore fighters and an equal number of active supporters, represents 10-15 percent of the Iraq insurgency in numbers of fighters, officials say.

Defense and counterterrorism officials said Zarqawi's insurgents have recently been joined by elements of Jaish Mohammad, a 4,000-member insurgent group loyal to Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime. The addition gives Zaraqwi new tactical skills inside Baghdad, a defense official said.

Although the Jordanian-born Zarqawi has long been associated with foreign fighters, officials believe 85 to 90 percent of al Qaeda in Iraq's members are Iraqi.

A minority of foreign fighters carry out most of the group's suicide bombings, which has made Zarqawi's network appear more effective than other segments of the insurgency.

While committing only about 2 percent of insurgent attacks, officials say, the Zarqawi network has killed 17 percent of the insurgency's victims, the vast majority of them Iraqis.

Zarqawi, who has a $25 million U.S. bounty on his head, has also surpassed the insurgency's Baathist and former regime elements in part by using the Internet as a propaganda tool for circulating sensational images of attacks on U.S. forces.

With Iraq's constitutional referendum due on Oct. 15, officials say Zarqawi appears to be consolidating his position at the forefront of the Sunni insurgency by declaring all-out war on the country's majority Shi'ite population.

But his main strategic objective remains the expulsion of U.S. forces from Iraq, a goal that officials say has helped him unify support among local Sunni Arab insurgents.

"They're the ones seen to be drawing American blood," said Steven Simon, co-author of the book, "The Age of Sacred Terror" (Random House).

Attacks on civilians have earned Zaraqwi criticism from Sunni political groups such as the Iraqi Islamic Party. Other mainstream Sunni groups have avoided the issue.

But there is growing concern that Sunni political isolation will only deepen if the upcoming referendum vote ends leads to the adoption of the proposed constitution.

"It's almost self-evident that Sunni dissatisfaction is going to increase," said a counterterrorism official.


http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27231955.htm

[The 801]

Ten arrested in raids against groups linked to al-ZarqawiBy Daniel McGrory and Stewart Tendler

ISLAMIC terrorist suspects arrested in a series of raids at the weekend are believed to be members of a group recruiting young Muslims in Britain to fight coalition troops in Iraq.
The men, most of whom are thought to be Iraqi refugees living in the UK, are suspected of having ties to a group linked to alQaeda. The group is reported to have been plotting a wave of car bomb attacks across Britain and Europe.

The arrests follow concern at the increasing numbers of “jihadis” who are being sent from Britain to join insurgent groups abroad.

The men arrested on Saturday in Croydon, Derby and Wolverhampton are believed to have been linked to a group that has been under surveillance for some weeks.

Undercover officers have been investigating the group’s finances, smuggling routes and reported links with known terror leaders such as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has orchestrated scores of bomb attacks against US and British soldiers in Iraq and the murders of western hostages such as Ken Bigley.

Security sources claim that police have intercepted information hinting that further atrocities were being planned for London and other UK cities using cars packed with explosives. The intended targets have not been revealed.

During the raids three men were arrested in Croydon, four in Wolverhampton and three in Derby. They can be held for up to 14 days under current legislation.

Forensic teams are still searching properties in the Midlands and London after specialist teams blew off doors and windows to seize the men in carefully synchronised raids.

Neighbours in the Moseley Village area of Wolverhampton described how up to 20 young men at a time would stay in the two-bedroom, semi-detached house in Lewis Avenue that was raided by armed police and MI5 officers.

Last night a Scotland Yard spokesman said the ten men, aged between 20 and 30, were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act (2000).

Al-Zarqawi has boasted that British volunteers fighting with his al-Qaeda Organisation of Holy War in Iraq have helped to kill US troops like “moles and flies”.

At least three Britons are said to have been killed in recent months during US-led bombings of insurgent strongholds, and one UK-based militant died in a suicide attack on a military checkpoint.

More than 50 UK based extremists are estimated to have been killed in eight countries, which experts say is more than from the rest of the countries of western Europe put together. This number does not include the four British-born suicide bombers who died in the July 7 attacks in London. At least another ten men from here were ready to die in terror operations but have been either arrested or their attacks failed.

Police and community leaders have been appealing to local Muslim populations to report any suspicious behaviour following the attacks on London’s transport system.

Undercover teams have also been monitoring some Islamic youth groups and radical preachers who are suspected of playing a key role in radicalising young men to join jihadi groups in Kashmir, Chechnya and Afghanistan as well as Iraq.

Using their British or European passports, these men can still easily cross borders posing as students, volunteer aid workers or travellers going to visit family. Intelligence agencies say many recruits have slipped into Iraq through its long, porous border with Syria.

MI5 believe that up to 70 young Muslim men have in the past two years travelled from Britain to join the insurgency against coalition forces based in Iraq. The underground network to get these men into Iraq is so sophisticated that recruits from Europe are reportedly coming to Britain to join this international brigade of jihadis.

Their numbers are not crucial to the likes of al-Zarqawi, but their propaganda value is enormous. So too are the finances these UK-based recruitment groups can provide.

Senior police officers still cannot agree on the numbers who went to camps run by al-Qaeda. Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, the recently retired Metropolitan Police Commissioner, put the figure at 2,000. His successor, Sir Ian Blair, claims it is nearer 200.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1819137,00.html

[sods_law]

Zawahri warns Zarqawi. :add01:
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A letter from bin Laden's No. 2

October 16, 2005
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpduo164472094oct16,0,4820878.story?coll=ny-editorials-headlines

A 6,000-word letter from al-Qaida's No. 2 leader to his deputy in Iraq, declassified and released last week by the office of the U.S. director of national intelligence, provides remarkable, even startling insights into the strategies, long-term plans and potential weaknesses of the Islamist terror group.

It's a cautionary document that should not be taken necessarily at face value - it's full of grandiose thinking, along with a good deal of self-criticism - but should be seen in the broader context of the war in Iraq and the overall fight against global terrorism.

The 13-page missive, which U.S. intelligence says was obtained during counterterrorism operations in Iraq and was authenticated through several sources - was sent by Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri to his emir, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the terrorist leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. The letter, immediately denounced by al-Qaida on an Islamist Web site as a fabrication, is notable for its candor and detail. It's a mixture of an exalted promotion of al-Qaida's vision and shrewd assessments of the flaws in al-Qaida's tactics in Iraq.

Zawahri warns Zarqawi, who leads the Sunni jihadists in the insurgency, against alienating the Islamic world with his vicious suicide bombings against Shia Arabs in Iraq. "This matter won't be acceptable to the Muslim populace however much you have tried to explain it, and aversion to this will continue." In oddly gentle language, he chastises Zarqawi for beheading hostages and videotaping the atrocities, deeming such moves counterproductive. Bullets, he says, are just as effective as beheadings, and less inflammatory. He also tells Zarqawi to be aware that "more than half this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media," pointing to the "collapse of American power in Vietnam

Perhaps most instructive is Zawahri's articulation of al-Qaida's plans for a four-stage expansion of the war and its future goals in the broader Middle East. The first phase is the expulsion of U.S. forces from Iraq. That would be followed by the establishment of a Muslim state, which would become a staging and training area for al-Qaida's operations. Al-Qaida would then take the war to Iraq's "secular" neighbors, including Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. In the final phase, it would focus on a final "clash" with the state of Israel.

In an unusual admission of weakness, Zarqawi says that he is concerned about "the real danger" posed by the Pakistani army in its search for bin Laden. And, in passing, he asks Zarqawi - who is bankrolled by the Baathists' billions from Saddam Hussein's treasury - to send him $100,000.

If authentic, this extraordinary letter gives useful insights into al-Qaida's moves and thinking. But, as with any single piece of intelligence, it would be rash to put too much stock into it.

[Vancouver]

A 6,000-word letter from al-Qaida's No. 2 leader to his deputy in Iraq...Here's the whole enchilada in English:
http://www.dni.gov/release_letter_101105.html

[The 801]

No surprises here.....

Paper: Zarqawi has network in Britain

LONDON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- British officials say as many as 70 young Muslim men have left the country for Iraq to fight in the insurgency against the U.S.-led occupation.

The London Sunday Times cited unnamed British counterterrorism officials whom it did not quote directly, except to describe the movement of young fanatics to Iraq in the past two years as "a steady trickle."

The paper said Iraqi insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had set up a network in Britain "to recruit and train would-be suicide bombers and gunmen."

It said the group was called Ansar al-Fath, or Partisans of Victory. And that it was linked Ansar al-Islam, one of the organizations that the British government wants to ban under proposed anti-terror legislation it published last week.

It said Ansar al-Fath gave "logistical support to foreign fighters in Iraq and uses the internet to find new recruits for Zarqawi."

It added officials were warning that some jihadists had returned to the country "and may be planning attacks."

http://about.upi.com/products/perspectives/UPI-20051017-024647-3663R

[The 801]

Time to reread some basics....... (The "Reading is Fundimentalist" 801)

‘The Sheikh of the Slaughterers’: Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi and the Al-Qa'ida ConnectionBy Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli*.
Introduction

Shortly after the occupation of Iraq in April 2003, Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi emerged as a leading terrorist in that country. While a number of terrorist organizations are operating in Iraq besides the insurgency movement led by Saddam's former intelligence and loyalist groups, Al-Zarqawi's organization combines terrorist activities with an ardent anti-Shi'ite zeal designed to instigate a civil war between the Iraqi Sunnis and the Shi'ites.

This paper explores Al-Zarqawi's words and actions and his linkage with al-Qa'ida under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. Al-Zarqawi initially operated independently of al-Qa'ida. But recently, bin Laden named him the Amir, or commander, of Al-Qa'ida in Iraq. The meaning of this is not clear. Has bin Laden elevated Al-Zarqawi because of his increasing notoriety and his influence among potential Jihadist elements, hoping to forestall his emergence as the single most important terrorist figure? Or does Al-Zarqawi need bin Laden's endorsement to strengthen his grip on the terrorist activities in Iraq?

All the groups currently involved in Iraq as national insurgents or foreign, primarily Islamist, terrorists share a common purpose designed to destabilize the country by:

Murdering the leaders of the country and members of the security forces and terrorizing innocent civilians
Destroying the infrastructure and delaying reconstruction
This report focuses on Al-Zarqawi's biographical background including his terrorist activities in Iraq and their religious Islamist roots.

Background – The Life of Al-Zarqawi

The London daily Al-Hayat recently published a three-part study of the Salafi Jihad movement in Jordan, authored by the daily's correspondent Hazem Al-Amin.Thanks to that study's particular focus on the city of Al-Zarqaa, the birthplace of Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi, much is now known about Al-Zarqawi's earlier life and background. [1]

Al-Zarqawi – birth name, Ahmad Fadhil Nazzal Al-Khalayla – was born in 1966 into the Abu Al-Hassan tribe He spent his formative years in the poor section of Al-Zarqaa known as the Al-Ma'ssoum Quarter before moving, as a teenager, to the New Al-Zarqaa Quarter. He was forced to leave secondary school to assist his family. He is said to have seven sisters and two brothers. His father practiced traditional medicine. [2] Al-Zarqawi's two families (two wives and their respective children) are alleged to be in Iraq in safe places, but Al-Zarqawi does not move around with them for security reasons. [3] He is said to have four children – two daughters and two sons C with his first wife. They are Amina (14), Rawdha (11), Muhammad (9), and Mus'ab (7). With his second wife he has one son, Khalid. [4]

Most accounts of the young Al-Zarqawi refer to his drinking habits and his inclination to engage in brawls, particularly when inebriated. In his 20s, impressed by the stories about the Jihad in Afghanistan, Al-Zarqawi began to show signs of religiosity, and in 1989, at the age of 23, he and a number of friends traveled to Afghanistan but arrived too late to participate in the Jihad against the Russians. To quote the Iraqi daily Al-Mada, Al-Zarqawi has transformed himself from extreme depravity to extreme Islamism. [5]

His trip to Afghanistan was facilitated by a recruiting office called "The Office of Services and Jihad," which was run by Sheikh AbdAl- Majid Al-Majali, a.k.a. Abu Qutaiba. Abu Qutaiba was a follower of Sheikh Dr. Abdallah Azzam, the leader and founder of the Arab volunteers' movement for the Jihad in Afghanistan, who managed the Maktab Khadamat Al-Mujahideen (Mujahideen Service Bureau) in Peshawar, Pakistan. The bureau served as the main clearing house for Jihad fighters heading to Afghanistan.

The city of Al-Zarqaa is located 15 miles northeast of Amman, the capital of Jordan, close to the Iraqi border and not too far from the Syrian border. The fact that it is also near the Al-Ruseifa Palestinian refugee camp may have led some observers to identify Al-Zarqawi as Palestinian. Of all the areas from which young Jihadists have come, the cities of Al-Zarqaa and the nearby city of Al-Salt and the Al-Ruseifah camp may have sent the largest number of youths to fight in Iraq. It is estimated that at least 300 left Al-Zarqaa and Al-Ruseifa to fight in Afghanistan and Chechnya as mujahideen. Many of those who returned from Afghanistan, the so-called "Afghani Arabs," proceeded to post-war Iraq to join the Jihad. Indeed, the occupation of Iraq has unleashed pent-up hatred for the U.S. among young Muslims who can easily traverse the border to Iraq. For many of these Jihad fighters, Al-Zarqawi has become "their Imam and their leader who spills the blood of the enemies of Islam like no other mujahid." [6]

The Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood

According to Al-Hayat, the events of September 1970 in Jordan, known as "Black September," played a significant role in the strengthening of the Salafi movement in Jordan, and particularly in al-Zarqaa. [7] King Hussein rewarded the Muslim Brotherhood for their support in the war against the Palestinian organizations with the post of ministry of education, which had great influence on the values of the young generation.

But it was the Salafi element of the Muslim Brotherhood known as "the Qutbis" named after the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Sayyid Qutb, author of the book Ma'alim 'ala al-tariq (Milestones on the Road), who provided the spiritual and ideological underpinnings for the Salafi movement.

As head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and a suspect in the attempt on the life of Gamal Abdul Nasser, Qutb was eventually executed in 1966. Years later, he was succeeded by Abdallah Azzam, who subsequently came to be known as the "teacher" of Osama bin Laden. Azzam, the reviver of Jihad in the twentieth century, was blown up in his car with his two sons in Peshawar in November 1989.

The Impact of the Kuwait War on the Al-Zarqawi Organization

Following the defeat of Saddam and the liberation of Kuwait in 1991 the Kuwaiti government expelled 250,000 Palestinians who had Jordanian citizenship, many of them teachers and other professionals. According to Hazem Al-Amin's Al-Hayat article, some 160,000 of these displaced persons came to Al-Zarqaa alone. A connection has been established, Al-Amin claims, between their return and the flourishing of the Salafi Jihad trend in Jordan, particularly in Al-Zarqaa. This trend was perceived by many in Jordan as "a turning point in social change." A survey conducted by the Jordan Center for Research at the University of Jordan found that beginning in 1993, the youth in Jordan "became more conservative than the youth of preceding generations, with a large percentage of them supporting polygamy and giving priority to educating boys rather than educating girls."

Among the returnees from Kuwait were also some who belonged to the Jihad movement, and they were headed by Issam Muhammad Taher Al-Burqawi, who acquired the name of Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi. Al -Maqdisi, a Palestinian, became the spiritual teacher of this movement in Jordan and eventually the spiritual leader of Al-Zarqawi.

Al-Maqdisi went to Afghanistan with the Palestinian Sheikh Omar Mahmoud Abu Omar, (known as Abu Qatadah). When Al-Maqdisi returned to Kuwait and, eventually, to Jordan, Abu Qatadah found refuge in London (he is currently under house arrest). These two figures became the main sources of authority of the Salafi Jihad ideology in Jordan. Prior to his return to Jordan, Al-Maqdisi was either connected with or a member of Jam'iyat Al-Turath Al-Islami (The Society of Islamic Heritage), considered the principal Salafi organization in Kuwait. The Society was directed by Sheikh Abd Al- Rahman Abd Al-Khaleq, an Egyptian who came to Kuwait in the 1960s a nd helped bring "Jihadi thought" to the Palestinian youth in Kuwait. Among the other returnees from Kuwait were Abu Anas Al-Shami, the Shari'a authority of Al-Zarqawi's group, who was killed in Baghdad; Abu Qutaybah, senior military official in Al-Zarqawi group; and Ghazi Al-Tawbah, whose exact expertise is not known. These three, together with Al-Zarqawi, were the nucleus of the Jihadi movement in Al-Zarqaa.

Arriving in Jordan from Kuwait in 1991, Al-Maqdisi embarked upon organizing a Salafi movement among the Palestinians and Jordanians who had returned from the Jihad in Afghanistan. Among them was Al -Zarqawi. For those involved in this effort, says Al-Hayat, the period was known as "the beginning of the Da'wa (Islamic propagation) – an intensive effort to introduce young men to the concepts of Salafi Jihad.

Despite close monitoring by the Jordanian intelligence services, supporters of the Salafi Jihad movement and of Al-Zarqawi gathered in Al-Zarqaa regularly to express their desire to join the fields of Jihad – if only the opportunity would present itself. Most of them were bearded and the length of their beard was in accordance with the Shari'a (Islamic law) – longer than the grasp of one's hand.

Al-Zarqawi's Imprisonment and Emergence as Amir

Perhaps one of the most prominent of the clandestine organizations established in Jordan was the Tawheed (Monotheism) organization, later renamed Bay'at Al-Imam. It was founded by Al-Maqdisi in 1992 and joined by Al-Zarqawi in 1993, shortly after his return from his first visit to Afghanistan. In 1994, Jordanian security services uncovered weapons in the possession of these two men. They were imprisoned in the Al-Sawwaqa desert prison until 1999. During the period of their incarceration, the two managed to organize a sizable number of activists. In their activity among the prisoners, the two relied on Al-Zarqawi's strong-arm tactics and on his familiarity with the world of the hoodlums, among whom he had lived in his youth. [8]

Al-Hayat cites a man called Abu Othman who was in prison at the time Al-Maqdisi and Al-Zarqawi were incarcerated. According to him, Al-Maqdisi's personality was kind, gentle and non-confrontational. By contrast, Al-Zarqawi showed strength and toughness, in addition to being confrontational. Abu Othmam added that the tribal personality of Abu Mus'ab made it possible for him to extract oaths of allegiance (mubaya'a) from others within the prison. The youths surrounding him in prison, who were Jihad fighters, accepted Al-Zarqawi as Amir or commander because of his strength and determination, and the perception that he was a man of action; in contrast, Al-Maqdisi was perceived as the scholar. For this reason, Al-Maqdisi surrendered the Imara ("emirate") over the group to Al-Zarqawi in 1996. Under the rule of the Imara, the master, Al-Maqdisi, was obliged to receive the orders of his former student, Al-Zarqawi.

The Herat Camp in Afghanistan – The Melting Pot of the Zarqawiyoon ["Zarqawis"]

In 1999, Al-Zarqawi and many of his cohorts received a royal amnesty, and shortly afterwards he traveled to Peshawar, Pakistan, intending to proceed to Chechnya which was becoming a hot spot for Jihadists. However, before he could fulfill his wish he was arrested by the Pakistani police. At this point, he decided to proceed to Afghanistan for the second time rather than return to Jordan. [9]

While many of the Jihad fighters who went to Afghanistan took the oath of allegiance (mubaya'a) to Osama bin Laden, Al-Zarqawi, with the approval of the Taliban government, chose to operate his own camp in Herat. It was in Herat, says Al-Hayat, that Al-Zarqawi established himself as a leader of his group known as Jund Al-sham, or the Army of the Sham (historically, the area known as Al-Sham covered Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine).The camp's leadership nucleus, besides Al-Zarqawi, consisted mostly of those from the city of Al-Zarqaa, such as Abd Al-Hadi Daghlas, a Palestinian who was killed in Iraq; Khalid Al-'Arouri (Abu Al-Qassim) currently being held in Iran; and Yassin Jarrad (Sheikh Yassin), the father of Al-Zarqawi's second wife who, according to the Jihad fighters in Al-Zarqaa, carried out the September 2003 suicide attack that killed Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir Al-Hakim, the head of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), and dozens of other Iraqis in the city of Najaf. [10]

Zarqawi in Iraq: Al-Tawheed wal Jihad (Monotheism and Jihad)

It is not known when or by what means Al-Zarqawi entered Iraq. Accounts of Al-Zarqawi's movements suggest that after the fall of the Taliban, Al-Zarqawi went to Iran and it was from Iran that he entered northern Iraq. Former Iraqi interim prime minister Ayad Allawi speculated that Al-Zarqawi may have "infiltrated" into Iraq in 1999. [11] If he was indeed in Iraq in 1999, it would have been between his release from prison in Jordan and his departure to Pakistan.

King Abdallah of Jordan told the press that in 2002, Jordan had asked Iraq to extradite Al-Zarqawi following the murder of the U.S. diplomat Lawrence Foley, but the Saddam regime had ignored the request. Most agree that Al-Zarqawi was definitely in Iraq at the end of 2002, and that he was given shelter by the terrorist group Ansar Al-Islam(see below) which operated from northern Iraq. At some point, most likely after the occupation of Iraq in April 2003, he split from Ansar Al-Islam and created his own organization, which he called Al-Tawheed wal Jihad ("Monotheism and Jihad"), an Islamist organization devoted to the destruction of the apostate regimes in Islamic countries and the creation of Islamist forms of government founded on strict adherence to the rules of the Shari'a. This organization first came to world attention when U.S. citizen Nicholas Berg was beheaded in April 2004, under the banner of Al-Tawheed wal Jihad, allegedly by Al-Zarqawi himself, and the event was videotaped and posted on Islamist websites.

Provoking the Iraqi Shi'a to Civil War

From the September 2003 assassination of Ayatollah Al-Hakim to the present day, Al-Zarqawi has exerted all efforts, in word and action, to provoke the Shi'a of Iraq to retaliate against the Sunnis, thereby plunging the country into a civil war. Such a war could enhance his status as defender of the Sunnis.

Al-Zarqawi adheres to the strictest version of Islam - Saudi Arabia's Wahhabism, which considers the Shi'a to be apostates because they prefer the House of 'Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law and the fourth Caliph in Islam, over the Hashemite House of Muhammad. Driven by religious fervor, Al-Zarqawi directs most of his invective, and often acts of terror, against Shi'ite targets.

In a letter written in Arabic which was discovered on a CD, apparently by the U.S., and issued in English in January 2003, the author, said to be Al-Zarqawi, provides clearly articulated views of his ideology. The identity of the person who was carrying the letter when it was intercepted was not revealed by the U.S. officials, but it is alleged that the discovery of the CD coincided with the arrest in Pakistan of Hassan Al-Ghull, described as a courier of Al-Qa'ida. [12]

According to Al-Zarqawi, the Shi'a are "the most evil of mankind." They are "the lurking snake, the crafty and malicious scorpion, the spying enemy, and the penetrating venom." They have been "a sect of treachery and betrayal throughout history." Echoing the fourteenth century Sheikh ibn Taymiyya, whose writings are considered the fountainhead of Wahhabism and Salafi Islam, Al-Zarqawi says: "Beware of [the Shi'a]. Fight them. By God, they lie." Reflecting the common Wahhabi doctrine, he delivers the ultimate blow: "Shi'ism is a religion that has nothing in common with Islam except in the way that Jews have something in common with Christians under the banner of the People of the Book." Their crime is "patent polytheism, worshipping at graves, and circumambulating shrines."

Quoting the major Islamic figure Al-Bukhari, who in the 9th century compiled the most authoritative collection of traditions of the Prophet Muhammad's sayings and deeds (Hadith), Al-Zarqawi wrote, "Not in the house [of prayer] have I prayed behind a Shi'i or behind Jews or Christians. They [Shi'a] are not to be greeted. They are not to be congratulated on holidays. They are not to be taken in marriage. They cannot bear witness. The animals they slaughter are not to be eaten."

In the same letter, Al-Zarqawi divided Iraqis into several categories of enemies:

Kurds: Criticized as paying tribute to the Americans and providing them with logistical support. They are "a thorn whose time to be clipped has yet to come."
Rafidha, or "renegades" (a euphemism for Shi'a): Described as blasphemous for worshipping graves and deserting the Companions of the Prophet. When the Saddam regime collapsed, the Rafidha displayed their pent-up hatred of Sunnis by dominating the government's vital security, military and economic establishments and dismissing Sunni technocrats and intellectuals.
Soldiers and police: The eyes, ears and hands of the occupier, through which he sees, hears, and delivers violent blows. "Allah willing," wrote Al-Zarqawi, "we are determined to target them strongly in the coming period…"
Clerics and sheiks: Mostly hypocrite Sufis falsely calling for Jihad.
Americans: "The most cowardly of God's creatures."
Al-Zarqawi did not spare the Sunnis, whom he characterized in the letter as "more wretched than orphans at the tables of the depraved."

After denouncing the Shi'a in the most disparaging of terms, he proceeded to provoke them "to show the Sunnis their rabies…and bare the teeth of the hidden rancor working in their breasts." If we succeed, he intoned, in "dragging them into the arena of sectarian war, it will become possible to awaken the inattentive Sunnis as they feel imminent danger and annihilating death at the hands of these Sabeans." [13]

It is not surprising that the Shi'ite press in Iraq refers to Al-Zarqawi's network as "the Group of Apostasy and Atheism" (Jama'at Al-Takfir wal-Ilhad). [14] It has become even more common in the Shi'ite Karbala News Network agency to refer to the various foreign terrorists as wahhabiyoun (Wahhabis). [15] The same network has accused the Saudis as "stoking the fire of terrorism in Iraq." [16]

The attack on the Iraqi Shi'a suggests that the relationship between Al-Zarqawi and Al-Qa'ida was tenuous at best because there is nothing on record to suggest the existence of overt anti-Shi'a statements by either bin Laden or his deputy Ayman Al-Zawahiri.

Fallujah – The Republic of Zarqawi

By its own admission, the Al-Tawheed wal-Jihad group lacked a solid base of operation. A rather revealing report by Abu-Anas Al-Shami, one of Al-Zarqawi's closest associates who was later killed, stated: "We have discovered that after one year of Jihad we have not accomplished anything on the ground. None of us could find a piece of land [the size of the palm of the hand] to use as a shelter or a place to retire to safety amongst some members of [his] group…we would hide at day light and sneak like a cat at night…homes were raided and the heroes were chased. It was a dark picture and everyone felt a sense of terrible failure."

Given their predicament, the group decided to use Fallujah as "a safe haven and a strong shield for the people of Islam." And, thus, Fallujah had become "the Republic of Al-Zarqawi." [17] This may also explain his desperate appeal for help to the Islamic nation.

An Appeal for Help

On September 11, 2004, Al-Zarqawi delivered a speech to the Islamic nation (Al -Umma Al-Islamiyya) appealing for help. The speech was delivered in the ornate style of classical Arabic and the entire speech was inlaid with Koranic verses and poetry. The speech singled out Iraq's outgoing Prime Minister Ayad Allawi as a primary target.

The tone of the speech seemed to reflect the difficult circumstances under which the foreign mujahideen were operating. Some of the expressions used by Al-Zarqawi, such as "a call for help from the depths," and references to the Islamic nation being in a state of apathy or slumber, may indicate that Al-Zarqawi felt he had not received enough support from Muslims outside Iraq:

"My nation, the nation of the sword and the pen, why is it that your sword is now broken and your pen has been laid down? You used to be prouder than the stars, and have now become downtrodden under the feet of the invaders and under the hooves of the usurpers' horses. My dear nation – my words to you today are laden with sorrow. Don't you hear the serpents, hissing as they wind their way in the darkness of your apathy in order to assassinate your dawn?...Let me tell you about our state of affairs, for we are at the turning point, so that you may understand the right course and combine forces, lest we regret, and this is no time for regrets. Both those who are far away and those who are near acknowledge the truth of the tripartite satanic coalition of heresy and deceit in the land of the two rivers [bilad al-rafidain, or Mesopotamia]. The first are the Americans who carry the banner of the cross; the second are the Kurds through their Peshmerga forces, under the command of the two collaborators, [Mass'oud Al-] Barazani and [Jalal Al-] Talabani, which are reinforced by Jewish military cadres; the third are the Shi'tes, the Sunnis' enemies, represented by the Army of Treachery, the Badr Corps [associated with SCIRI] – the Party of Satan." [18]

Resorting to apocalyptic language, Al-Zarqawi told his listeners: "…you are facing fierce civil strife [fitna], but then victory shall be yours, Allah willing…Behold, the spark has been lit in Iraq and its flames will blaze, Allah willing, until they consume the Armies of the Cross in Dabiq…" [19]

Earlier in that year, in January 2004, Al-Zarqawi challenged the Arab masculinity to rise or surrender to women: "Oh people, the wheels of war have begun to spin; the caller has already declared Jihad and the gates of heaven are open [to the martyrs]. If you are unwilling to be one of the knights of war, make way for the women so they can run the war, and you take the cooking utensils and makeup [brushes] in their stead. If you are not women in turbans and beards, go the horses and seize their harnesses and their reins…" [20]

Al-Zarqawi Designated Commander (Amir) of Al-Qa'ida in Iraq

As far as can be established, Al-Zarqawi had initially operated in Iraq independently of Al-Qa'ida. However, in October 2004, Al-Zarqawi, eager to extend his authority over all Jihadists in Iraq, pledged his allegiance (mubaya) to bin Laden and changed the name of his organization from Al-Tawheed wal Jihad to Tandhim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi bilad Al-Rafidain (The Al-Qa'ida Jihad Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers). [21] In what appears to be a package deal, bin Laden announced, shortly afterwards, the designation of Al-Zarqawi as the head of Al-Qa'ida's Iraq operations. In a message to the Iraqi people on the eve of the elections that were scheduled for January 30, 2005, bin Laden said it was forbidden to participate in them and, at the same time, designated Al-Zarqawi as Amir, or commander of Al-Qa'ida in Iraq:

"The warrior commander [and] honored comrade Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi and the groups who joined him are the best of the community that is fighting for the sake of the word of Allah. Their courageous operations against the Americans and against the apostate Allawi government have gladdened us…

"We in Al-Qa'ida organization very much welcome their union with us. This is a tremendous step on the part of the unification of the efforts in fighting for the establishment of a State of Truth and for the uprooting of the State of the Lie…

"Know that the warrior comrade Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi is the commander [Amir] of Al-Qa'ida organization in the land of the Tigris and the Euphrates, and the comrades in the organization there must obey him…" [22]

In the same message, bin Laden permitted the killing of members of the Iraqi security forces: "Personnel of the [Iraqi] military, security apparatuses, and the National Guard their blood is permitted. They are apostates who should not be prayed over upon their deaths. They cannot inherit, and they must not be inherited from [after their deaths]. Their wives are divorced from them, and they must not be buried in Muslim cemeteries." [23]

Islamist sources in Britain criticized bin Laden's designation of Al-Zarqawi as Amir of the group because Al-Qa'ida in the Land of the Two Rivers was smaller than other terrorist organizations operating in Iraq, such as Jaysh Ansar Al-Sunna or Al-Jaysh Al-Islami. One anonymous speaker, known for his sympathy for bin Laden, said the designation of Al-Zarqawi as "Amir" caused "disappointment, envy and jealousy in the minds of others." Another Islamist, the Egyptian Hani Al-Siba'i who heads Al-Maqrizi Studies Center in the U.K.,said that bin Laden had designated Al-Zarqawi as Amir over one organization rather than over the entire armed groups in Iraq and even this limited designation is qualified. He is Amir over those "Islamists who swear allegiance to him [bin Laden] and who believe in the rules of Al-Qa'ida in thought and program." [24]

The Iraqi Al-Qa'ida Organization: A Self-Portrait

The chief of Al-Qa'ida's media in Iraq, known as Abu Maysara Al-Iraqi, discussed the identity of the Iraqi Al-Qa'ida organization and outlined its aims. His piece was published on-line in the first issue of the "Department of Indoctrination" of the Al-Qa'ida organization in Iraq under the title of "The Crest of the Summit of Islam (dhurwat sanam Al-Islam)" – an expression commonly used to designate Jihad. [25]

According to Abu-Maysara, Al -Qa'ida in Iraq "comprises a group of Muslims from amongst the followers of the tradition and the community of believers [Ahl al-Sunna wal Jama'a] who try to please Allah by committing themselves to keep Allah's orders and proscriptions and to see to it that others do so [as well]…. It has set itself a number of central goals which are mutually interrelated and complementary." In sum,, these goals seek to:

Renew pure monotheism which was sullied by the filth of polytheistic elements
Wage Jihad for the sake of Allah, so that His message be supreme, and in order to recapture all of the lands of the Muslims from the hands of the infidels
Come to the aid of Muslims everywhere and reclaim the Islamic dignity which has been soiled by the [foreign] invaders
Re-establish the Rightly-Guided Caliphate in accordance with the Prophet's example
Underscoring one of the prohibitions against spilling of "even a drop of Muslim blood unjustly," Abu-Maysara excludes from this prohibition the spilling of the blood of Muslim security forces as religiously permissible. Thus, he condones operations that "kill those whose character has become impure and who have joined the ranks of the infidels in their fight against the Muslims in Iraq, that is members of the Iraqi army and the police and spies who strengthen the Americans and help them commit crimes and rape our sisters in the Abu Ghraib prison and other places…"

Al-Zarqawi: Collateral Killing of Muslims is Legitimate

In a 90-minute audio heard on the Internet on May 18, Al-Zarqawi provided the legitimacy for the collateral killing of Muslims in the act of killing the infidels. He relies on Muslim jurists for the legitimacy he provides for such killing:

"The [collateral killing] is justified under the principle of dharura [overriding necessity], due to the fact that it is impossible to avoid them and to distinguish between them and those infidels against whom war is being waged and who are the intended targets. Admittedly, the killing of a number of Muslims whom it is forbidden to kill is undoubtedly a grave evil; however, it is permissible to commit this evil – indeed, it is even required – in order to ward off a greater evil, namely, the evil of suspending Jihad."

Al-Zarqawi argues that the evil of heresy is greater than the evil of collateral killing of Muslims. Thus: "Islamic law states that the Islamic faith is more important than life, honor, property." Not letting an opportunity escape without railing against the Shi'a, Al-Zarqawi said they were worse than the Crusaders and that their "perfidy is engraved in the forehead of history." [26]

In the same audio, Al-Zarqawi announced the beheading of the chief of intelligence of the Badr Brigade (a militia associated with the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq) which he characterized as "the brigade of perfidy, the brigade of apostasy and the brigade of agents for Jews and Crusaders… His stinking head was severed to expedite his departure to hell."

The Glorification of Beheadings of Captives

The method of killing of captives in Iraq varies, but the most horrendous is the beheading of captives. [27] Videos posted on Islamist websites normally show a group of militants, clad in black, in front of the banner of Al-Zarqawi's Al-Tawheed wal Jihad, with their victims kneeling before them. After reading a statement, a member of the group leans over the bound and blindfolded victim and severs his head with a knife. In one video, a Bulgarian was beheaded and his bloody head set atop his prone corpse.

Writing in Al-Qa'ida-related journal under the heading "O Sheikh of the Slaughterers, Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi, Go Forth in the Straight Path, Guided by Allah," Abd Al-Rahman ibn Salem Al-Shammari praised the beheading of an Egyptian citizen in Iraq. He emphasized that a Muslim is obligated to be loyal to his religion only, and not to his national identity or his country. Therefore, all non-believers are the same, even if they are Arabs. The author went on to glorify the act of beheading in the name of Allah:

"A spy has been slain…and the Jihad fighter [who slew him] has come closer to Allah by way of [the spy's] blood. Yet what is unique in this lowly spy whose slaying we have seen these very days? What is unique, and we ask of Allah that there be more [like him], is that a spy has been slain, and this spy looked like an Arab, had an Arab name, and spoke Arabic! The uniqueness lies in the triumph of the faith in the one God and in the raising of the banner of 'There is no God but Allah' over and above all other allegiances, be they of ethnicity, language, identity, or nationality." [28]

After condemning "the apostate tyrant Saddam Hussein," and "the wicked rulers of the Arabian peninsula," the author, identifying his location as Saudi Arabia, went on to extol Al-Zarqawi's feast of beheadings:

"O sheikh of the slaughterers, Abu Mus'ab, go forth in the straight path with Allah's help, guided by Allah, fight together with the monotheists against the idol-worshippers, together with the warriors of Jihad against the collaborators, the hypocrites and the rebellious. We are awaiting the beheading of a Saudi apostate and this is the will and testament of all the monotheists in the land of Al-Haramain [i.e., the two holy places of Mecca and Medina]." [29]

The Infallible Abu Mus'ab

Nothing demonstrates the loyalty and devotion of Al-Zarqawi's followers to their leader more than their reaction to what appeared to be a critical article by his former prison mentor Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi. In July 2004, Al-Maqdisi posted on his website an article titled "Al-Zarqawi-Aid and Advice," in which he wrote:

"I say and stress that I am listening to and following the chaos that rages today in Iraq… blowing up cars or setting roadside explosives, by firing mortars in the streets and marketplaces, and other places where Muslims congregate. The hands of the Jihad fighters must remain clean so that they will not be stained by the blood of those who must not be harmed even if they are rebellious and shameless…You must also beware of entanglement by choosing means [of warfare] that are not illegal in the Shari'a."

Al-Maqdisi went on to warn against means and methods such as abducting or killing Muslims on pretexts not based on Islamic law such as the claim that they work for the infidels "where such acts do not reach the [level] of aid to the infidels or aid in harming Muslims." Quite interestingly, Al-Maqdisi warned against attacks on Christian churches, because this strengthens the will of the infidels against Muslims everywhere. [30]

The Jihad fighters were enraged by the article, for they see Al-Zarqawi as "a divine grace," and believe it heresy for anyone – even Al-Zarqawi's teacher and guide, Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi – to think he made a mistake.

Al-Zarqawi Denounces Democracy and Constitutionalism in Iraq

A week before the elections were to take place on January 30, 2005, Al-Zarqawi addressed the Iraqi people in a speech denouncing democracy and the elections as heresy. In the speech, delivered January 23 and posted on Islamist websites, Al-Zarqawi presented seven aspects of the heretical nature of democracy:

In a democracy, legislative authority is performed by representatives who act as proxies for the people. As such, man must be obeyed, not Allah – which is "the very essence of heresy, polytheism, and error."
Democracy allows freedom of religion, including the conversion to another religion. According to Islam, "if a Muslim apostatizes from Islam to heresy, he should be killed." He added that "One may not make a [peace] treaty with an apostate, nor grant him safe passage or protection."
Democracy renders the people the ultimate source of sovereignty and the ultimate arbiter on conflicts. In Islam, Allah is the ultimate arbiter. Allah said: "And in whatever thing you disagree, the judgment thereof belongs to Allah [Koran 42:10]."
"Freedom of expression" in democracy would allow the use of language that might be hurting and reviling the Divine Being [i.e., Allah]
The principle of separation between religion and state means secularism and the restricting of Allah only to places of worship
The principle of freedom of association ought to be rejected because it could allow membership in a heretical parties, which implies acquiescence in heresy
The principle of the rule of majority is "totally wrong and void because truth according to Islam is that which is in accordance with the Koran and the Sunna [i.e., the tradition of the Prophet], whether its supporters are few or many."



Three days later, Al-Zarqawi issued a dire warning:

"1. Oh enemies of Islam! Prepare yourselves and fortify whatever you like, wear as much armor as you can. We have men who love death as you love life. Our fallen [go to] heaven and yours to hell…

"2. Take care not to go near the centers of heresy and abomination [i.e., polling booths]

"3. Oh gardens [of Eden], prepare yourselves; oh black-eyed [virgins], approach; oh brigade of martyrs, say 'There is no God but Allah." …The martyrs' wedding is at hand." [31]

In the same message, Al-Zarqawi characterized Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani as "the devil" and the "imam of apostasy and atheism" and called on his people to be patient because Allah had promised victory against the American "tyrant." [32]

A group calling itself "The Assassination Unit in the Monotheism and Jihad Organization" sent a letter to elections committee chief Farid Ayyar, threatening the murder of elections committee members and their families if they remained in their posts. [33]

About a month before Al-Zarqawi issued his statement against participation in the Iraqi elections, bin Laden issued a similar warning, that "anyone who participates in these elections has committed apostasy against Allah." It is apostasy because the Iraqi constitution is "a jahiliyya constitution that is made by man" and because the elections are "ordered by America, under their airplanes, bombs, and tanks." [34]

Following the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Iraq in mid-May 2005, and her subsequent appeal to the Iraqi government to give the Sunnis a bigger role in the drafting of the constitution than had been envisaged, Al-Qa'ida in the Land of the Two Rivers reacted. It warned the Sunnis against participating in the drafting of the constitution because those who did so would be "sell[ing] their religion for the vanities of the world." Al-Qa'ida in Iraq referred to Rice as "a hag who came to defile the land of the Caliphate." The statement, dated May 16, threatened Rice: "Our religion dictates that the sword and the bullets is the dialogue between us and you, O worshippers of the cross." [35]

The Union between Al-Tawheed and Al-Qa'ida

Al-Qa'ida was greatly weakened after the loss of its base in Afghanistan. Its two principal leaders, bin Laden and his deputy Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri, have been on the run, with a heavy prize placed on their heads. Their ability to communicate with their followers has been curtailed by intelligence and hot pursuit.

In the meantime, the attention of all potential Jihadists was drawn to the exploits of Al-Zarqawi in Iraq, which has become the sublime location for those seeking martyrdom. It has become the preferred and, indeed, the ideal place for Jihad against the Americans. Each perceived success on the ground by Zarqawi's group generated more Jihadists and more money, primarily from wealthy Saudi and other Gulf individuals. Porous borders with Syria made it possible for both money and people to move with ease.

Al-Zarqawi's oath of allegiance (mubaya'a) to bin Laden and the latter's designation of Al-Zarqawi as the Amir of Al-Qa'ida in Iraq may have helped the cause of both men, although one tends to consider Al-Zarqawi as getting the better end of the deal:

Benefits for Al-Zarqawi:

Higher prestige and greater legitimacy vis-à-vis other terrorist organizations operating in Iraq
Access to bin Laden's traditional sources of funding, particularly in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries
A global reach (hitherto it was local or, at best, regional) [36]
Expanded base of volunteers, particularly from Saudi Arabia (recent figures show that 61 percent of the 490 terrorists killed in Iraq were of Saudi origin).
Benefits for bin Laden

Forestalling the emergence of Al-Zarqawi as the leader of global Jihad movement
Associating Al-Qa'ida with an organization that has established a record of "accomplishments" and, as a result, has increased Al-Qa'ida's exposure and its intrinsic stature among the Jihadists. This has come at a time when Al-Qa'ida has been silenced by successive blows, which have constrained its ability to operate except with a fraction of freedom that it had enjoyed under the Taliban.
The Strength of the Union

An examination of Al-Zarqawi's behavior in the last decade will cast a heavy shadow on his new partnership with bin Laden:

In the Al-Sawaqa desert prison in Jordan in 1994-99, Al-Zarqawi was a member of a group of prisoners under the imara of his spiritual mentor Sheikh Abu-Muhammad Al-Maqdisi. In 1996, Al-Zarqawi engineered a coup that expelled and replaced Al-Maqdisi as Amir. Henceforth, the teacher was to receive orders from his former student. Al-Maqdisi was relegated to the status of a scholar.
When he went to Afghanistan with a group of his friends and supporters, he insisted, and the Taliban acquiesced to his demand, that he would operate his camp independently of bin Laden. During his time in Afghanistan, he, unlike all Arab Jihadists, refused to swear allegiance to bin Laden who was at that time at the zenith of his power and influence.
When he arrived in Iraq in 2002, he was given shelter and support by Ansar Al-Islam. He soon broke away to establish his own organization, Al-Tawheed wal-Jihad.
These instances demonstrate Al-Zarqawi's inability, or unwillingness, to work under a superior authority, whether spiritual or organizational. One suspects that sooner or later he will also break away from bin Laden and perhaps even seek to replace him as the supreme leader of Al-Qa'ida. In fact, given the two men's difficulties in communicating on a regular basis, it is not clear how bin Laden would control Al-Zarqawi even if he tried to do so.

Collapse of the Ba'th in Iraq – Good Omen for Islamists

Anti-democratic convictions are not new for Al-Qa'ida, which considers man-made rule as inherently contradictory to the rule of Allah. In a book titled The Future of Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula after the Fall of Baghdad, published on an Al-Qa'ida website, author Yusuf bin Saleh Al-'Ayiri (subsequently killed by Saudi security forces) wrote:

"The collapse of the Ba'th government is good for Islam and the Muslims because it is a collapse of the apostate nationalist slogans that have permeated the Islamic nation. For after communism, Arab nationalism, secularism and modernity, the Islamic banner, which has remained steadfast through history, will replace all the failed non-Islamic appeals regardless of their principles."

In short, the collapse of the Ba'th is good for Islam, and democracy is "the most wicked of the all types of secularism; it means bestiality." [37]




The Size of the Al-Zarqawi Group

The size of the Al-Zarqawi group is not known, although it is most likely changing with the influx of would-be "martyrs" and the demise of others through the acts of suicide bombing, death through clashes with the multinational and Iraqi forces, and capture.

Some estimates put the group in the thousands. The Iraqi daily Al-Mada estimates the number of the group in the hundreds, and this may be closer to reality than some other wild estimates. [38] The reason this lower estimate seems more likely to be accurate is that a much larger group would require a much more formal command and control structure that would be made more vulnerable to counter-terrorism efforts. Besides, car bombs and suicide bombers are primarily individualist activity, rather than group activity.

Intensification of Violence

The expectations that violence would subside following the elections have not materialized. On the contrary, it has intensified. It has been reported that at least 60 car bombs exploded in Baghdad a week after the new Iraqi government was formed. [39] There is no single explanation for the intensification of violence in recent weeks, although one can speculate about some of the causes:

First, the leading political parties failed to take advantage of the impressive voting momentum to form a new government. The protracted negotiations following the elections had left a political vacuum which was exploited by the terrorists and the insurgents.

Second, the insurgents are encouraged by their mastery of new tactics and by the logistical support they have been receiving from some segments of the Iraqi population.

Third, the neighboring countries have not stopped the tide of volunteer Jihadists determined to achieve martyrdom in Iraq.

Closing in on Al-Zarqawi

In a series of raids on Al-Qa'ida bases in Iraq, many key Al-Zarqaqi aides were either killed or captured. Some of those captured were able to provide useful information on Al-Zarqawi's movements, mode of operation, finances, and hiding places. Among those who provided important information on Al-Zarqawi was one of his key aides, Fadhil Hussein Ahmad Al-Kurdi (26), also known as Abu Ubaida Al-Kurdi, who was arrested in January 15, 2005 in Baghdad. His brother, Omar Bazyani, a member of the same terrorist network, was arrested May 2004 by the multinational forces. [40] Al-Kurdi is accused of coordinating the movement of terrorists inside and outside Iraq. Also arrested was Hassan Hamad Abdullah Muhsin Al-Dulaimi, who was in charge of the propaganda activities for the network. [41] Two other aides, arrested in January, are 'Inad Muhammad Qais, Al-Zarqawi's senior military adviser, and Saleh Suleiman Al-Lehaybi, who was in charge of Al-Zarqawi's network in Baghdad.

The Iraqi security forces arrested Heikal Lobus, known as Abu Ali Al-Lubnani, who was a leader of a group of 48 terrorists in the Latifiya area. The terrorists were nationals of Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Iran. Heikal Lobus is the husband of Al-Zarqawi's sister. [42]

Al-Zarqawi's Amir in the northern city of Mosul is Muhammad Khalaf Shakir, a.k.a. Abu Talha. His assistant, Abd Al-Aziz Sa'doun Ahmad Hamdouni (35), known as Agha Abu Ahmad, was arrested on December 30, 2004. [43] Abu-Talha himself was arrested in Mosul by the American forces with the help of the Kurdish Peshmerga. It was also reported that documents and material that could be used for the construction of chemical and biological weapons were also confiscated. [44] About a week later, the arrest of Maj. General (Liwaa) Abd Daoud Suleiman, one of the founders of Jaish Muhammad (Army of Muhammad) and a military adviser to Al-Zarqawi, was reported. [45]

A significant arrest was that of Al-Zarqawi's driver, who was captured after his boss jumped out of a car and fled. However, Al-Zarqawi's laptop computer was seized; this could provide valuable information on his network and sources of funding. [46] It has been reported that the hard drive contained information about Al-Zarqawi's medical condition and a trove of valuable information. [47]

The Medical Status of Al-Zarqawi

Major General Fu'ad Hani Fares, commander of the 5th Brigade of the Iraqi Army, has told the press that Al-Zarqawi suffered a serious injury, or may have been killed, in an air raid on his hideout in the city of Al-Qa'im. [48] The Sunday Times reported that the American forces were questioning a physician in a Ramadi hospital (in the capital of Al-Anbar province, in the Sunni triangle) about providing medical assistance to Al-Zarqawi. [49] Al-Zarqawi was reported bleeding profusely from an injury sustained in the battle at Al-Qa'im, on the Syrian border, where Iraqi and multinational forces clashed with Al-Zarqawi's supporters.

On May 24, a man identifying himself as "Abu-Maysara Al-Iraqi from the Information Section of Al-Qa'ida in the Land of the Two Rivers" posted an appeal to Muslims to pray for Al-Zarqawi who had sustained injuries whose nature was not revealed. Here are some phrases in the appeal posted on the website of Al-Qal'ah (associated with Al-Qa'ida):

"O nation of Islam, nation of monotheism. Pray for the healing of our Sheikh Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi from an injury he suffered in the path of Allah. You are [Al-Zarqawi] the beloved of the mujahideen, and may Allah heal you and make you steadfast. Our Sheikh has taught us that nothing is worthy compared to Islam." [50]

After much confusion about Al-Zarqawi's medical condition, Al-Zarqawi denied he was seriously injured in an audio message attributed to him and addressed to bin Laden. He told bin Laden: "I would like to assure you that these are all rumors [about his serious injury] and they are entirely baseless. My wounds were light." Uncharacteristically, he signed his message, "from jundi to Amir" (i.e. from a private to a commander). [51] The London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat quotes CIA experts who confirm that the voice on the message was that of Al-Zarqawi. [52]

The Use of Internet and Television as Instruments of Warfare

One of the ironies of Islamist movements is that while they advocate an Islamic society governed entirely by the Shari'a, they do not hesitate to use the technical marvels of Western civilization – Internet and television – to propagate their causes. Al-Sharq Al-Awsat underscores the paradox when it refers to the demands by "the extremist Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qa'ida in the Land of the Two Rivers" who calls for a return to doctrines of Islam but depends on the technology of the 21st century…." [53]

Al-Jazeera TV has also played a significant role in extolling the heroism of the fighters, mainly Al-Zarqawi supporters, in the city of Fallujah when it was attacked by the Iraqi and multinational forces last November. According to Iraqi sources cited in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, the battle of Fallujah in November 2004 was led by Omar Hadeed, who had been one of Saddam's private guards. In the early 1990s, Hadeed had become associated with Islamist groups, and fled to Afghanistan for training in Al-Qa'ida camps. He may have returned to Iraq in 2001 after Saddam issued his blanket amnesty to both those who were in prison and those who were being sought by the justice system. Hadeed and another member of Al-Zarqawi group were killed in Fallujah after, according to the Al-Zarqawi audio, helping to kill American soldiers "like flies." [54]

During the battle of Fallujah, Al-Jazeera TV often aired what might be considered biased coverage alleging the killing of women and children by the American forces, but kept silent about the casualties suffered by the multinational and Iraqi forces seeking to clear the city of the terrorist elements. It was later realized that the Al-Jazeera's station manager in Baghdad was Hamid Hadeed, the brother of Omar. A third brother and his family were killed after their house was bombed shortly after Omar Hadeed visited them. [55] The Iraqi government has since shut down Al-Jazeera's offices in Iraq, accusing the station of propagating violence.

The Terrorist's Last Night

One of the surprising aspects of Al-Zarqawi's operations is the availability of almost endless number of volunteers prepared to commit acts of martyrdom. These individuals are deeply, perhaps fanatically, religious. They are determined to seek martyrdom and reach the gates of heaven as soon as an opportunity presents itself. Some of these volunteers spend their last night on Earth reading the Koran and praying. Others seek solitude. In some instance, the volunteers participate in ceremony known as "the wedding of the martyr," as they celebrate the ascendancy of the groom to heaven and into the arms of 72 Houries. [56] In one such event, which took place post-mortem, involved a suicide bomber from Salt Jordan who caused the death of more than 100 Iraqis in the city of Hila, in Southern Iraq. His parents celebrated the occasion with a big feast that brought the Iraqi-Jordanian relationship to rupture. [57]

Summary

The only time Al-Zarqawi was heard in public was during his trial before the State Security Court in Jordan in 1994. During the subsequent decade, he has either been in prison, in Afghanistan, or somewhere in Iraq. Since 2004, he has sent many messages and delivered many speeches, all of which were pre-recorded and posted on the Internet.

Al-Zarqawi's speeches are characterized by the preponderance of verses from the Koran and elements of the Hadith, using both as a means of justifying whatever he was doing as an act rooted in Islam. From reading his speeches, one can discern a number of messages:

The inevitability of the creation of the Islamic state governed only by the Koran and the Sunna [the religious rules established by the Prophet]. In an Islamic state, there will be no parliament, rules, or laws other than those of the Koran.
The belief in ultimate victory because Allah has so promised
A call for monotheism. Secular rulers are tyrants and apostates (in Islam, an apostate must be killed). Monotheism will turn Muslims and all the deprived people from a state of weakness and backwardness into a recognizable force that will restore justice and defeat all manifestations of oppressions practiced by the great powers.
Exhortative calls for mobilizing soldiers to fight the enemies of Islam
Calls for Jihad until martyrdom. A martyr is destined for heaven.
Criticism of Muslim clerics for failing to play a leading role in mobilizing the believers to fight the heretics and the enemies of Islam
Deep hostility toward the Shi'a as a branch of Islam.
Regarding the last message, it should be noted that nowhere in the writings and speeches of either bin Laden or Al-Zawahiri is there an anti-Shi'a message. This alone may give further credence to the theory that Al-Zarqawi operated independently from Al-Qa'ida whose declared enemies are "Jews and Crusaders" (i.e., Christians).


ANNEX I: Major Armed Islamic Groups in Iraq

Qa'idat Al-Jihad Fi Bilad Al-Rafidain (Al-Qa'ida for Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers)

The key terrorist organization headed by Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi, born as Ahmad Fadhil Al-Khalaila in Al-Zarqaa, Jordan. Previously known as Monotheism and Jihad [Al-Tawheed wal-Jihad].

Responsible for a large number of car bombs and suicide bombers as well beheadings of captives. Draws mainly on Jihadist fighters from outside Iraq for the suicide bombings. However, it was reported by an American senior military official that Al-Zarqawi's network has been expanding with the enrollment of Iraqi Islamists into its ranks. [58]

The organization remains the primary target of the multinational and the Iraqi security forces.

Ansar Al-Islam (Defenders of Islam)

Established on December 10, 2001 by the merger of three Islamist groups – Jund Al-Islam (The Soldiers of Islam), Kurdish Hamas, and Harakat Al-Tawheed (the Monotheism Movement). The key leader was Mullah Fateh Kraikar (his real name is Najm Al-Din Faraj).

Ansar Al-Islam is a Jihadist Salafi movement influenced by the writing of Sayyid Qutb and the military program of the Egypt terrorist group Al-Gamaah Al-Islamiyya at a time when it adhered to Jihad.

In an interview with the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Mullah Kraikar said that he had met with bin Laden only once, in a stately villa in Peshawar, Pakistan, which belonged to a Saudi prince. Seven other Saudis were present in the meeting. He claimed in the interview that the purpose of the meeting was to seek financial help for the victims of Halabja. [59]

According to a study by Dr. Hani Al-Siba'i, the head of the Maqrizi Center for Historical Studies in the U.K, the organizational chart of this group shows one Amir and two deputies in addition to the Military Committee, the Legal (Shari'a) committee, the public relations committee and the security committee.

Following 9/11, Mullah Kraikar sought a ceasefire with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) with which it had had many bloody clashes. However, the ceasefire was ruptured following an attempt on the life of Dr. Barham Saleh, who was at the time prime minister of the PUK region. Saleh, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was accused by Kraikar of being the key CIA man in Kurdistan. He is currently the Minister of Planning and Development in the Iraqi government.

The group's main camp, which was located in Biyara, Iraqi Kurdistan, had been bombed by the U.S. Air Force in March 2003. Many were killed. Survivors were taken to Assayish Prison in Suleimaniyya, Iraqi Kurdistan.

The group took responsibility for the suicide bombings at the headquarters of the Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in February 2004 which resulted in the death of 109 people.

Ansar Al-Islam sheltered Al-Zarqawi when he fled from Iran before the occupation of Iraq. There is no information on the level of collaboration, if any, between the Ansar and Al-Zarqawi.

The group has allegedly experimented with chemical weapons.

Mullah Kraikar is currently in Norway, but the Norwegian government announced recently that it would extradite him to Iraq as soon as conditions permit.

Jaysh Ansar Al-Sunna (The Army of the Defenders of the Prophet's Conduct)

Believed to be a splinter group of Ansar Al-Islam. Created as a Salafi group five months after Iraq's occupation. It is headed by Abu Abdullah Al-Hassan bin Mahmud. He was the one who deceptively announced on the Internet that he had beheaded the Marine of Lebanese origin, Wassif Ali Hassoon. He also alleged responsibility for the attack on branches of the two main Kurdish parties which resulted in the death of 109 people and the injury of many, including American soldiers. All its statements are signed by "the military body of Jaysh Ansar Al-Sunna."

This group took responsibility for the December 2004 suicide bombing at the U.S. army mess.

The Kurds arrested in Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan) 40 members of a network which belongs to Ansar Al-Sunna. They were planning big operations in Kurdistan, to turn the territory into another Baghdad. [60]

Al-Jaysh Al-Islami Al-Iraqi – Fayaliq Khalid Ibn Al-walid (The Iraqi Islamic Army – Khalid ibn Al-Walid Brigades)

The organization threatened to execute a Filipino hostage unless the Philippines withdrew its small contingent of about 60 soldiers from Iraq. The Philippines capitulated to the threat, and the individual in question was released. The video was shown on Al-Jazeera TV on July 7, 2004.

In mid-July 2004, the group issued "a warning to the Italian people" demanding the withdrawal of the Italian military from Iraq or face "fleets of car bombs."

Al-Kata'ib Al-Salafiya Al-Mujahida Fi Bilad Al-Rafidain (Salafite Jihadist Brigades in the Land of the Two Rivers)

The announcement about the creation of this organization was issued in early March 2005, shortly before the first meeting of the recently elected Iraqi National Assembly.

The organization declared that it was founded on the pure Salafi program. It distanced itself from "excessiveness, secularists, Ba'thists, Saddamists, and from those who seek to re-establish the buried Ba'thist state." It did say that it was a Sunni organization.

The London daily Al-Hayat which published the group's announcement on March 24, 2005, has hinted that there may be "suspicious fingers" behind this organization.

* Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli is Senior Analyst of MEMRI's Middle East Economic Studies Program



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[1] Excerpts from two of the three articles were translated by MEMRI and published as Special Dispatch No. 848, January 17, 2005 http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP84805. The articles were originally published by Al-Hayat (London) on December 14 and 15, 2004.

[2] Al-Hayat, July 14, 2004.

[3] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, February 9, 2005.

[4] Al-Quds Al-Arabi, May 15, 2005.

[5] Al-Mada (Baghdad) May 17, 2005.

[6] Al-Hayat (London), November 17, 2005.

[7] Loc. cit.

[8] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), July 14, 2004.

[9] This section draws on a book called Al-Zarqawi – The Second Generation of Al-Qa'ida, serialized in 14 installments in the London daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi between May 15 and June 7, 2005.

[10] Al-Hayat (London), December 14, 2004.

[11] Al-Hayat (London), May 23, 2005.

[12] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), February 10, 2004.

[13] U.S. Department of State, Zarqawi Letter (February 2004). www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/31694.htm.

[14] Karbala Network, December 22, 2004.

[15] Karbala Network, May 29, 2005.

[16] Karbala Network, June 10, 2005.

[17] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), July 13, 2004.

[18] A transcript of the speech was posted the following day on many Islamic websites. The person who posted the transcript called himself the "Glimmer of the Swords" and referred to Al-Zarqawi as "The Sheikh and Commander of Slaughterers." The speech was translated by MEMRI, in Special Dispatch No. 785, September 15, 2004.

[19] A prophetic tradition (Hadith), which is often quoted in the Islamic apocalyptic literature, states that one of the events heralding the Last Day of Judgment will take place in Dabiq. The Mahdi (Muslim Messiah) will destroy the armies of the infidels that will have assembled in A'maq and Dabiq. The traditional explanation is that these are two places in the area of northern Aleppo, in northern Syria. Al-Zarqawi is clearly referring to this apocalyptic tradition.

[20] Coalition Provisional Administration, Baghdad Local Press Summary. Special Edition: Recent Statements by Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, Feburary 19, 2004.

[21] Al-Hayat (London), October 20, 2004.

[22] MEMRI, Special Dispatch No. 837, December 30, 2004.

[23] Loc. cit.

[24] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London) January 1, 2005.

[25] http://www.islam-minbar.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topicid=1688&forum=3 and translated by MEMRI, Special Dispatch No. 884, March 24, 2005.

[26] Translated by MEMRI, Special Dispatch No. 917, June 7, 2005. A book titled Haqiqat Al-harb Al-salibiyya Al-jadidah (The Truth about the New Crusading War) by a Gulf cleric associated with bin Laden provides a number of conditions justifying the killing of hostages. Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), February 4, 2003.

[27] See Timothy Furnish, "Beheading in the Name of Islam," Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2005.

[28] Sawt Al-Jihad (The Voice of the Jihad), Issue No. 23 (August-September 2004), pp. 36-38

[29] Loc cit.

[30] http//www.Abu-qatada.com/r?=2979&a=p See also Al-Zaman (Baghdad), October 30, 2004.

[31] MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 856, February 1, 2005.

[32] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), January 21, 2005.

[33] Al-Shiraa (Baghdad), November 1, 2004.

[34] Jahiliyya refers to the pre-Islamic era. A reference to a Jahiliyya constitution would suggest a constitution that is not founded on Islamic values and jurisprudence. The full version of the speech can be found at http://www.dazzled.com/soiraq/index.htm. MEMRI possesses an audio recording of this message.

[35] Al-Quds Al-Arabi (London), May 17, 2005.

[36] The Spanish police arrested 16 Islamists (14 Moroccans and two Algerians), with a base in Syria, including 11 suspected of association with Al-Zarqawi's group. Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, June 15, 2005.

[37] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), August 29, 2003.

[38] Al-Mada (Baghdad), January 14, 2005.

[39] Al-Hayat (London), May 5, 2005.

[40] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, December 31, 2004.

[41] Al-Mada, January 25, 2005.

[42] Al-Mada, April 14, 2005.

[43] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, January 7, 2005.

[44] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, June 8, 2005.

[45] Al-Sabah (Baghdad), June 17, 2005.

[46] Al-Sabah, May 7, 2005.

[47] The Christian Science Monitor, April 27, 2005.

[48] Al-Zaman (Baghdad), May 14, 2005.

[49] Reported in Al-Mada, May 17, 2005.

[50] www.qal3ah.net/vb/showthread.php?t=125834.

[51] Karbalanews, June 1, 2005.

[52] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), June 1, 2005.

[53] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), June 2, 2005.

[54] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), January 20, 2005.

[55] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), November 19, 2004.

[56] www.irakna.com.

[57] MEMRI, "Iraqi-Jordanian Tension Over the Most Lethal Suicide Bombing in Iraq," Inquiry and Analysis No. 214, March 29, 2005.

[58] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), July 11, 2004.

[59] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), March 1, 2003.

[60] Al-Hayat (London), June 5, 2005.

http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA23105

[Vancouver]

The attack on the Iraqi Shi'a suggests that the relationship between Al-Zarqawi and Al-Qa'ida was tenuous at best because there is nothing on record to suggest the existence of overt anti-Shi'a statements by either bin Laden or his deputy Ayman Al-Zawahiri.... until the recent capture of that long letter from Zawahiri to Zarqawi. But in that letter I think Zawahiri was going out of his way to indulge Zarqawi in his hatred of Shi'ites, because AZ needs help from AbuM.
BTW the anti-Shiite spew from Zawahiri is another indication that he and Osama are no longer together.
The article gives undeserved prominence to Palestinians, such as Abu Qatada, Abdullah Azzam, and the few Pallies who fought in Afghanistan, probably because Al-Hayat's readership is largely of Palestinian extraction.

[Casey]

I'm not sure what this is all about.

It seems it was posted then removed at the International News Net. It is too large to upload, but the link still works.

The new word carried Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi for sheikh...(éantm) diminished God (ém) informed.

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http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2NIDYCXTATA0P2TKMZEBNDSN5U


حمل الكلمة الجديدة لشيخنا ابو مصعب الزرقاوي ...قل اانتم اعلم ام الله

نشرت شبكة الاخبار العالمية هذه الكلمة هذا الصباح تحت امضاء مسؤول اعلام المجاهدين ابو ميسرة العراقي ثم حذفته بعد ذلك بسرعة و ذهبت كل روابط التحميل في مهب الرياح و لا ادري ما السبب.
على كل قد نجح اخوكم في تحميل هذه الكلمة القيمة جدا قبل الحذف. و اضع تحت تصرفكم رابط واحد راجيا منكم عمل روابط اخرى و نشرها في المنتديات و الله من وراء القصد و هو يهدي السبيل.
http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2NIDYCXTATA0P2TKMZEBNDSN5U (http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2NIDYCXTATA0P2TKMZEBNDSN5U)

[Vancouver]

I'm not sure what this is all about.
Neither am I, but it's interesting.
Casey, where did the text stuff ("The new word carried Abu Musab...") appear?

It's a voice file, 51 minutes and 32 seconds at 20kbs. It has been pasted together from several other pieces. Some parts were recorded outdoors, others indoors. All the speakers speak very clearly, suggesting perhaps that they are addressing an international audience. None of the speech is ad lib; all has been thoroughly prepared. There are bits of music -- three or four men's voices with no instruments; AFAICT those were just copied in from some unrelated and harmless recording.
One of the guys salutes Zarqawi at the beginning of the recording, not over and over. They mention Israel and mujahideen; I didn't catch any mention of Iraq, oddly.
Still looking.

[The 801]

Can anyone tell me who is finacing al-Zarqawi? I can't help but figure that it is looking more and more like Iran. Any information avalilbe?

[Vancouver]

The Iranian theocracy is Shiite, so I think we can rule them out. No doubt some of Zarqawi's money comes from unaudited Sunni "charities" based in Arabia and controlled by specific clerics -- the same clerics who pipe recruits from Arabia to Zarqawi. That money, and those recruits, could come from Sunnis anywhere.
If you get anything specific and incriminating, by all means report it.

[The 801]

Al-Zarqawi tape threatens Jordan's king

JAMAL HALABY

Associated Press

AMMAN, Jordan - An audiotape in the name of al-Qaida in Iraq threatened on Friday to chop off King Abdullah II's head and bomb more hotels and tourist sites. The speaker on the tape, identified as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, also said the group's suicide bombers did not intend to bomb a Jordanian wedding party at an Amman hotel last week, killing about 30 people.

"Your star is fading. You will not escape your fate, you descendant of traitors. We will be able to reach your head and chop it off," al-Zarqawi said, referring to the king.

Al-Zarqawi told Jordanians to stay away from bases used by U.S. forces in Jordan, hotels and tourist sites in Amman, the Dead Sea and the southern resort of Aqaba and embassies of governments participating in the war in Iraq, saying they would be targeted.

He underlined that al-Qaida in Iraq is not targeting fellow Muslims. "We want to assure you that ... you are more beloved to us than ourselves," he said, addressing Jordanians.

The authenticity of the audiotape, posted on an Islamic militant Web forum, could not be confirmed independently, but the voice resembled that of al-Zarqawi on previous tapes.

The tape was posted following widespread outrage over the Nov. 9 bombings against three Amman hotels that killed 59 people, 30 of them in a Jordanian-Palestinian wedding party held in a ballroom. Even contributors to militant Web forums - who lionize al-Zarqawi and praise his attacks - criticized the bombings, saying he should avoid civilians.

Al-Zarqawi insisted that the striking of the wedding party at the Radisson SAS hotel was a "lie" and a "forgery" by Jordanian security officials.

The Radisson bomber struck a hall where Israeli intelligence officials were meeting at the time, al-Zarqawi claimed. But part of the roof fell in on the wedding hall, either from the blast or even - he said - from a separate bomb placed in the roof, though not by al-Qaida.

"We didn't target them. Our target was halls being used by Zionist intelligence who were meeting there at the time," he said. "Our brothers knew their targets with great precision."

"God knows we chose these hotels only after more than two months of close observation (that proved) that these hotels had become headquarters for the Israeli and American intelligence," he said.

Al-Zarqawi accused the Jordanian government of hiding casualties among Israeli agents. "I defy the renegade government to show us the losses among the Jews," he said.

The Radisson attack involved two bombers - an Iraqi husband and wife. Witnesses told Jordanian security officials that the couple talked their way into the wedding, telling hotel employees they wanted to watch, then went to different sides of the hall. When the woman's explosives belt failed to go off, her husband told her to leave, then he jumped on a table in the ballroom and set off his blast, Jordanian officials have said.

In the tape, the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi listed the reasons his group - which has led a fearsome campaign of suicide bombings and other attacks against U.S. forces and Shiites in Iraq for two years - is now targeting Jordan.

He said Jordan has served as a protector for Israel and has allowed Israeli companies to take over its economy; allows the presence of "secret American prisons" on its territory where "dozens of mujahideen" are being held; and has become a "swamp of obscenity" allowing alcohol and prostitution at tourist sites.

Earlier Friday, thousands of flag-waving Jordanians thronged downtown Amman in the "March of the Nation," a noisy, emphatic demonstration against the hotel attacks.

"Al-Zarqawi, you coward, what brought you here?" the angry crowd shouted.

"Cease, cease, al-Zarqawi, you are a villain!" the throng chanted. "Cease, Cease, you terrorist, you are a coward!"

Jordanian television reported that 100,000 people took part in the march; however, that estimate could not be independently verified. The size of the crowd appeared to be much larger than protests last week in the days right after the bombings.

Friday's marchers came from across Jordan in a show of solidarity in the demonstration organized by the Municipality of Amman.

"I came specifically to say to those terrorists and al-Zarqawi that we are all united against them. We do not want them on our land," said Ghazi al-Hajjaj, 43, who traveled from Tafila, 115 miles south of Amman, to attend the rally.

Palestinians from Jordan's 13 refugee camps also took part in the protest.

The crowd of mostly men, many wearing Jordan's distinct red-checkered keffiyeh around their necks, marched from the downtown Al-Husseini mosque following Friday prayers. Soldiers stood watch along the streets as the marchers passed.

Some men brought their families with them. Aya Abu-Ghosh, 9, came with her father and siblings. "I came here to say to terror: Get out of our home. We don't want you. You scare us."

Many demonstrators lifted photos of King Abdullah II and carried banners denouncing the attacks in general and al-Zarqawi in particular.

"Al-Zarqawi, you are the enemy of God," one read.

The two-hour march concluded with a rally at a downtown square, where many dignitaries and Muslim and Christian clergymen addressed the crowd.

"The bombings of Amman proved that the bones of Jordan are harder and our unity is stronger," said Monsignor Nabil Haddad, head of the Melkite Catholic community.

One speaker, who did not give his name but told the audience that he was a member of Bani Hassan, al-Zarqawi's tribe, recited a poem condemning terrorism.

"You terrorist, you are a traitor and whoever follows your ideology is also a traitor, too. Go to hell, you son of Satan," he read.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13203051.htm

[The 801]

Right wing ramblings from Drudge. Interesting issues raised though....


Sign of al Qaeda Desperation
Zarqawi Sends Top Aide to Die

by Richard Miniter
Posted Nov 18, 2005


Dead men tell no tales, but luckily for intelligence analysts, live women do.

Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi was not able to detonate her bomb at the wedding party and fled with the guests as her husband exploded himself. Now, she is in the custody of the GID, Jordan’s intelligence agency. By all accounts, the interrogation is going slowly. Still, enough information is emerging for us to draw some lessons for the triple bombings in Amman, Jordan, on November 9.

Mrs. al-Rishawi’s family history reveals just how effective the U.S. military has proven to be in eliminating insurgents. Jordanian intelligence has learned that three of her brothers were killed by coalition forces in Iraq. Her brother, Thamir al-Rashawi, a member al-Zarqawi’s inner circle, was killed in April 2004 in Fallujah, when a missile fired from a U.S. aircraft struck his pick-up truck. Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Marwan al-Mu’ashir described her brother, Thamir, as “the emir [commander] of the Al-Anbar region [of the Iraqi insurgency] in the Al-Qa’idah of Jihad Organization in the Land of Two Rivers. He was the right hand of Abu-Mus’ab al-Zarqa
wi.”

Her other two brothers, Ammar and Yassir, died in separate battles with U.S. forces in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2005.

Explosives Expert

Mrs. Al-Rishawi’s sister had been married to a Jordanian explosives expert, Nidal Mohammed Arabiyat, also killed by U.S. forces in Iraq, according to Agence France Presse.

Though the American media is slow to report it, U.S. forces are relentlessly destroying Zarqawi’s senior leadership. A November 2 air strike killed two senior al Qaeda operatives in Iraq: Abu Zahra, the so-called Emir of Husaybah, ran all insurgent operations in that Iraqi city, and Asadallah, Zarqawi’s key recruiter. U.S. forces have now confirmed the identities of both dead terrorists.

On October 23, U.S. forces captured Abu Hassan, the head of al-Zarqawi’s media cell. Hassan was responsible for producing video tapes of insurgent attacks to give to al-Jazeera and other television networks. Hassan even produced forged police and press passes to allow insurgents to case targets and film the devastation following insurgent attacks.

Following these air strikes and captures, Zarqawi ordered the Amman attacks. Was it a sign of desperation? Was he trying to regain the initiative from weeks of reverses?

Another sign of desperation: Consider who Zarqawi sent to run the Amman operation, Mrs. Al-Rishawi’s husband. He also a member of Zarqawi’s inner circle. He is now dead. Why did Zarqawi send a top officer to die? He has already lost so many. It suggests that either he’s running short of suicide bombers (typically Saudi recruits) or he’s running short of people he trusts. Either way, it’s a sign of desperation.

Meanwhile, Mrs. al-Rishawi is alive and apparently talking. She can certainly tell her interrogators the location of the other insurgents and perhaps Zarqawi’s hiding place.

Task Force 626, established last year by the Defense Department, is still searching for Zarqawi. At least three times in the past year, U.S. forces just missed capturing the archterrorist, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“We truly believe that Zarqawi’s days are limited,” Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, deputy chief of staff of the multinational force in Iraq, told the Times. At least seven members of Zarqawi’s inner circle have been killed or captured. Another 38 regional insurgent commanders have been seized or slain as well as some 71 insurgent leaders that the military refers to as “tier three.” “Given [the] many, many sources of intelligence and information, we have great success at killing or capturing his leaders, his cell leaders, his coordinators and his lieutenants, and this chart just continues to expand, and eventually, he’s going to be on this chart,” Lynch said.

Time is running out for Zarqawi. And the Amman blasts may have only sped up the inevitable.

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=10381

[Petronas]

ZARQAWI CONFIDANT KILLED IN IRAQ
Last Updated: 11/28/2005 13:15:52

BAGHDAD [MENL] -- The U.S. military has reported the death of a close confidant of Al Qaida network chief Abu Mussib Al Zarqawi. Officials said Bilal Mahmud Awad Shebah was killed on Oct. 14 in a military operation north of Ramadi. Shebah, known as Abu Ubaydah, was said to have been Al Zarqawi's leading lieutenant. Abu Ubaydah was said to have met every week with Al Zarqawi to plan attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces, officials said. They said Abu Ubaydah provided Al Zarqawi with safe houses and screened his messages and visitors. Officials said the U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi authorities required more than a month to determine Abu Ubaydah's death. They said his death was confirmed by a close family member.

http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2005/november/11_29_1.html

[Petronas]

Official: Al-Zarqawi caught, released
Thursday, December 15, 2005; Posted: 5:44 p.m. EST (22:44 GMT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi security forces caught the most wanted man in the country last year, but released him because they didn't know who he was, the Iraqi deputy minister of interior said Thursday. Hussain Kamal confirmed that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- the al Qaeda in Iraq leader who has a $25 million bounty on his head -- was in custody at some point last year, but he wouldn't provide further details. A U.S. official couldn't confirm the report, but said he wouldn't dismiss it. "It is plausible," he said.

Thursday's news tops a list of reports of missed opportunities to capture the 39-year-old terrorist mastermind. An official said the military receives frequent reports of al-Zarqawi sightings, all of which are investigated. In April, U.S. troops stormed a hospital in Ramadi based on credible intelligence that terrorists were hiding there, but no suspects were found, military officials said in early May.

A high-ranking Iraqi Army officer said there were rumors that al-Zarqawi was at the Ramadi medical center, and several groups affiliated with the al Qaeda operative issued statements saying the same. Iraqi Lt. Gen. Nasser Abadi said Thursday that al-Zarqawi was taken to the hospital. He added that he didn't believe Kamal's report was correct. "When we got the news, we rushed there, but he was out of there," the general said.

The Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi was almost captured in February, too, after troops received a tip that he was heading to a meeting in Ramadi, said Pentagon officials speaking on condition of anonymity. With his vehicle under surveillance by an unmanned Predator spy plane, troops set up checkpoints along his route. As al-Zarqawi's truck approached one of the checkpoints, the vehicle abruptly turned around, the officials said. He was chased for several miles, but when troops finally ran his vehicle down, the terrorist had escaped. His driver and security guard were arrested, and troops found a computer with a "treasure trove of information" that offered a clear indication that al-Zarqawi corresponded regularly with al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the officials said.

Colin Powell first linked al-Zarqawi with al Qaeda in a February 2003 speech to the U.N. Security Council, in which he said, "Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator of Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda lieutenants."

Before taking the moniker al Qaeda in Iraq, his organization was known as Unification and Jihad, which the U.S. State Department labeled a "foreign terrorist organization" in October 2004. His group has taken responsibility for or been accused by the U.S. of perpetrating or aiding in numerous suicide bombings, car bombings, beheadings and other acts of violence.

Included are a February 2005 suicide bombing in Hilla that left 127 Iraqis dead, an October 2004 execution-like massacre of 44 Iraqi soldiers east of Baghdad and an August 2003 car bombing in Najaf that killed more than 85 people. Ayatollah Mohammad Baqr al-Hakim, the leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, was killed in the Najaf bombing. Al-Zarqawi also is suspected to be the masked man who beheaded Nick Berg, an American civilian in Iraq, on May 11, 2004.

In April, two Web sites posted an audio message, purportedly from al-Zarqawi, in which he urges his followers to continue their attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and warns President Bush he will never relent.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/15/zarqawi.captured/index.html

[Casey]

Jordan court sentences al-Zarqawi to death
(AP)
Updated: 2005-12-18 20:11

AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's military court on Sunday sentenced al-Qaida in Iraq chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and two other militants to death for a failed suicide bombing on the Jordanian-Iraqi border a year ago.

Al-Zarqawi, who is believed to be in Iraq, and another of the defendants were sentenced in absentia. It is the second death sentence issued against the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi by his homeland's military court. The first was over the slaying of U.S. aid worker Laurence Foley, who was gunned down outside his Amman home in October 2002.

The court on Sunday said it found them and Saudi militant Fahd Noman Suwelim al-Feheiqi - the only defendant in police custody - guilty of the planned terror attack, which the prosecution said targeted civilians on the Jordanian-Iraqi borders a year ago.

The planned attack, which failed when the bomber's vehicle drove into a ditch, was intended to coincide with a blast that killed two U.S. troops at an American forward operating base near the Iraqi-Jordanian border last December.

"If you kill me, God will consider my death martyrdom," shouted the bearded al-Feheiqi, standing in the dock in dark blue prison uniform during the sentencing.
"I wanted to carry out the suicide bombing, but the ditch prevented me from doing so," he shouted at the judges as the presiding three judges were leaving the heavily secured courtroom after issuing the verdict. Al-Feheiqi was arrested December 3, 2004.

Al-Feheiqi's lawyer, Yousef al-Adwan, said he planned to appeal the guilty verdict. "No bombing took place, and my client didn't inflict harm on anyone," he told The Associated Press.

Jordan is a key U.S. ally and a fervent supporter of America's global war on terror.
Al-Feheiqi and the fugitives - Al-Zarqawi and an Arab fugitive identified as Dhirar Ismail Abu-Odeh or Abu Abdul-Rahman al-Afghani - were charged with the foiled terror conspiracy and transport and possession of explosives and missiles.

The military court said Sunday that it was "convinced beyond any doubt" that all three defendants had plotted terrorism and received a harsh penalty for attempting to kill innocent civilians.

At the outset of the trial that opened June 1, al-Feheiqi, 24, pleaded not guilty to charges of carrying out a failed suicide bombing on the Jordanian-Iraqi border and transport and possession of explosives and missiles.

The indictment sheet said al-Zarqawi instructed al-Feheiqi to listen for blasts inside the Iraqi border and then slam his explosives-laden vehicle into trucks parked in Jordanian territory.

But his vehicle fell in a ditch, causing the electric circuit to detach from the explosives. Al-Feheiqi tried to escape, but was captured by Jordanian border authorities.

Jordanian-born Al-Zarqawi, who is waging a wave of kidnappings, beheadings and suicide bombings in neighboring Iraq, has claimed responsibility for the November 9 triple hotel blasts in Amman, which killed 60 people and injured scores of others.
The bombings, the deadliest terror attacks which has shaken Jordan's long-standing reputation as a relatively stable Mideast nation, were carried out by three Iraqi suicide bombers.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/18/content_504350.htm

[Petronas]

Arrests reveal Zarqawi network in Europe
22/12/2005

A wave of arrests across Europe has thrown new light on a European terrorist network being developed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most prominent insurgent in Iraq. A growing number of terrorism investigations in Britain, Germany, Bosnia, Denmark and most recently Spain and France are linked to the man who has masterminded countless suicide bombings in Iraq, personally beheaded hostages and bombed three hotels in his native Jordan.

Some of the suspected networks appear to be involved only in supporting his operations in Iraq. But counter-terrorism officials are worried that Zarqawi could be planning to use his base in Iraq to start attacking Europe. Security officials are particularly worried by indications that he wants to recruit white extremists who will be more difficult to detect than Arabs or Asians.

"Zarqawi thinks he is bigger than Iraq," a British source said. "He is spreading his tentacles in Europe. There is a sense that attacks are inevitable. "Even before the invasion of Iraq, Zarqawi had a network in Europe that provided funds and recruits. The same pipeline will sooner or later pump the other way, from Iraq to Europe."

Although Zarqawi is formally al-Qa'eda's representative in Iraq, he has eclipsed its founder, Osama bin Laden, who has not been seen or heard from for a year. Donald Rumsfeld, the American defence secretary, suggested yesterday that bin Laden no longer fully controlled his network. "I suspect, if he is alive and functioning, that he is spending a major fraction of his time trying to avoid being caught," Mr Rumsfeld said. "I have trouble believing he is able to operate sufficiently to be in a position of major command over a worldwide al-Qa'eda operation. But I could be wrong." American counter-terrorism officials believe that Zarqawi can now count on allies in 40 countries.

Last month Germany's leading intelligence official, August Henning, said that extremists in Europe increasingly admired Zarqawi and were trying to make contact with his network. "We are seeing increasing noises in Europe and that causes us great concern," he said.

It emerged this month that a white Belgian woman, Muriel Degauque, had been recruited by groups linked to Zarqawi and blew herself up in an attack on an American convoy in Iraq.

Last month Bosnian authorities arrested a Swedish national of Bosnian origin, Mirsad Bektasevic, and a Turkish man, Cesur Abdulkadir, in a Sarajevo flat where they allegedly found bomb-making materials, a suicide vest, weapons and extremist propaganda. Bektasevic was allegedly an internet recruiter for Zarqawi, and the two men were rumoured to be planning to attack the British embassy in Sarajevo. The men have not yet been charged but their detention has led to arrests in Britain and Denmark.

In Dusseldorf in October three Jordanians and an Algerian were jailed for up to eight years for a Zarqawi-inspired plot in 2002 to attack Jewish targets in Germany. Judge Ottmar Breidling said: "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi should also have been in the dock."

In France last week Nicolas Sarkozy, the interior minister, said that a sweep of 25 alleged Islamic militants and common criminals had broken up a terrorist network with links to Algerian and Chechen organisations and "indirect relations with al-Zarqawi".

This week Spanish police arrested 15 people in raids across the country. Those detained are suspected of recruiting fighters for Iraq.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/22/wterr22.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_22122005

[The 801]

Evidence of Zarqawi network in Europe

LONDON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- There is growing evidence that Iraq insurgency leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's network throughout Europe has grown to more than financial backing.

Arrests in Britain, Germany, Bosnia, Denmark, Spain and France have been linked to the man who has masterminded countless suicide bombings in Iraq, personally beheaded hostages and bombed three hotels in his native Jordan.

The Telegraph said although Zarqawi is formally al-Qaida's representative in Iraq, he has eclipsed its founder, Osama bin Laden, who has not been seen or heard from for a year.

"Even before the invasion of Iraq, Zarqawi had a network in Europe that provided funds and recruits," a British security source told the newspaper. "The same pipeline will sooner or later pump the other way, from Iraq to Europe."

Security officials are also concerned by indications that Zarqawi wants to recruit white extremists who will be more difficult to detect than Arabs or Asians.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20051222-12142200-bc-europe-zarqawi.xml

[1001]

Evidence of Zarqawi network in Europe

...
"Even before the invasion of Iraq, Zarqawi had a network in Europe that provided funds and recruits," a British security source told the newspaper. "The same pipeline will sooner or later pump the other way, from Iraq to Europe."

...


Some more information on that:

Jamaat al-Tawhid wa'l-Jihad / Unity and Jihad Group
Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad in Bilad al-Rafidayn
(Organization of Jihad's Base in the Country of the Two Rivers)

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/zarqawi.htm

[Casey]

Interpol issues international wanted persons notice for al-Zarqawi

al Qaeda / News
Date: Dec 28, 2005 - 07:44 AM
December 28, 2005

PARIS (AP) - The international police organization Interpol said on Wednesday it had issued an international wanted persons notice for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born leader of al-Qaida in Iraq who is wanted in several countries for terror attacks.

Interpol issued the Red Notice at the request of Algeria, which is seeking Zarqawi in connection with the kidnapping and murder of two Algerian diplomats in Iraq in July 2005, it said in a statement.

"This will decrease the likelihood that such a notorious suspect will be able to evade detection," said Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble.

Iraqi security forces detained and questioned Zarqawi last year but released him because they didn't realize who he was, Iraq's deputy interior minister Maj. Gen. Hussein Kamal recently said.

Interpol said Zarqawi was wanted by authorities in Germany, Iraq and Jordan. He has claimed responsibility for attacks and bombings, including the triple suicide bombings in the Jordanian capital, Amman, on Nov. 9 that killed 60 people.

The notice will be distributed to all of Interpol's 184 member countries using the organization's global police communications system.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/WarOnTerrorism/2005/12/28/pf-1370703.html

[The 801]

AFGHANISTAN: BEHEADING VIDEO REVEALS AL-ZARQAWI'S TOUCH

Rome, 28 Dec. (AKI) - A video of the decapitation of an Afghan hostage, posted to al-Qaeda-linked websites on Wednesday, bears the stamp of Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It's the first published video showing the beheading of a hostage in the hands of an Afghan terrorist cell. Five minutes long, it shows many of the trade marks of videos published by al-Zarqawi's Organisation of al-Qaeda in Iraq, from the ritual forced confession to the beheading and a gruesome finale.

Entitled "Death Sentence" the new video echoes the production techniques used in the films of al-Qaeda in Iraq, with the victim appearing before the camera for a forced confession. "My name is Sayd Allah Khan and I am from the Khost province" the man says, speaking in Pashtu. "I work as a spy for the Americans along with four other people. My job is to blow up Islamic schools in Waziristan -[a tribal area on the Afghan-Pakistan border] The group receives 45,000 dollars and my share is 7,000 dollars," he says.

The first part of the film ends with an appeal from the victim to others not to collaborate with the Americans "so as not to end up like me". After the forced confession, the second gruesome segment shows the decapitation. Before showing the man having his thoat slit, there are several seconds of images of President George W. Bush and American troops, just time for the narrator to pronounce the name "al-Zarqawi". Then seven hooded men are shown holding the victrim to the ground, one is tasked with the decapitation while the others yell "Allah is great" and, speaking in Pashtu, urge people to jihad (Holy War). The film concludes with an image of Sayd Allah Khan's head placed on top of his body, the same finale that was used in the early videos of jihadi groups.

The video was shot on 12 September though only recently posted on the Internet. It is not possible to ascertain whether the execution was carried out by Taliban or by al-Qaeda militants. There have recently been reports of joint operations in southern Afghanistan. The video bears the symbol "Labbaik" of the video production company used by jihadi groups in Afghanistan and that several weeks ago posted a brief film of the four suspected terrorists who had escaped from the Afghan base of Bagram.

This latest video reveals how the practice of decapitation initiated by al-Zarqawi and, in the early days, resisted by the leadership of al-Qaeda, has reached Afghanistan.

Furthermore the frames in which Bush appears with the name of al-Zarqawi being pronounced, could have been specially inserted to celebrate the Jordanian-born terrorist who is now believed to be a key member of the leadership of the al-Qaeda network.



http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.243916936&par=0

Just Great.

[1001]

Zarqawi Issues Revealing Statement Titled "But Allah Will Suffice You Against Them"


Jan 09, 2006
By Ashraf Al-Iraqi, JUS



Sheikh Abu Mesab al-Zarqawi has released the most telling statement yet in a brand new audio that reveals the magnitude of American losses in Iraq, the hurdles caused by the so-called Islamic Party and that the attack on the "Jewish State" was order by Osama bin Laden himself.

The Commander of Al-Qaeda in Iraq says that "American losses are at least 40,000 killed due to 800 martyrdom operations alone and this does not include explosive devices, bomb attacks, direct combat, rocket attacks, and other operations in his address that is sure to meet with outrage in Washington where the true cost of war is not mentioned. He also says that US and Iraqi army soldiers carry civilian clothes with them so that they can put them on to "cut and run".

While the tape is full of highlights, one of the most revealing is that the recent strike on the "Jewish State" carried out by Al-Qaeda in Iraq came as a direct order from the Commander in Chief Osama Bin Laden. Zarqawi went on to say that he receives direct orders regularly from his Commander. Contrary to the American "buzz" that Sheikh Bin Laden was no longer in operational control, this latest statement cites "The Rocket Expedition" as a direct example of Bin Laden&#180;s hands on involvement.

Zarqawi went on to denounce Hiz Islami, the Iraqi Islamic party that endorsed the so-called "elections" and cited examples of how those who bow down to the American plan hinder the Ummah&#180;s efforts.

"The first battle of Fallujah would have crushed Americans once and for all if it was not for Hiz Islami negotiating a cease fire like slaves to their master. The Mujahideen cut off all supplies to American forces and surrounded them in Fallujah" Zarqawi said.

JUS reported at the time that American vehicles had come to a stand still just outside Fallujah for lack of fuel and that they were surrounded. Next came a wave of attacks by the Mujahideen on the supply trailers that entirely disabled them. Soon after "negotiations" got underway, much to the surprise of many, and within a week the entire military position dissolved. Interestingly, the Americans did not respect the terms of that ceasefire which is what ultimately brought about Fallujah 2.

"We call on the Islamic Party to leave this path ... which leads to the destruction of the Sunnis," appeals Zarqawi on the new tape.

Another example Zarqawi quotes is in the Abu Anas Expedition. When American guards in Abu Ghraib discovered that the Mujahideen cut off all roads to the prison, they knew that the Mujahideen were coming so he states that the American guards made a deal with the prisoners to surrender their weapons in exchange for safe passage. Here again Zarqawi says "Hiz Islami spoiled everything."

In his closing statements to the Ummah, Sheikh Zarqawi states, in no uncertain terms, that "America has been defeated and it is just a matter of how bad the defeat will end up to be. I am not in a hurry for Americans to leave for the Mujahideen enjoy slaughtering them."

"But Allah will suffice you against them"

Copyright &#169; Jihad Unspun 2006


http://www.jihadunspun.net/intheatre_internal.php?article=105744&list=/home.php&

[The 801]

The Sunday Times January 22, 2006

Zarqawi ‘sleeps in suicide belt’
Hala Jaber
IRAQ’S most wanted man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, goes to sleep every night wearing a suicide belt packed with explosives, according to a leading insurgent who met him two weeks ago.

“He never takes it off,” said Sheikh Abu Omar al-Ansari, leader of a Sunni resistance group called Jeish al-Taiifa al-Mansoura (Army of the Victorious Sect).

“He told me: ‘I would rather blow myself up and die as a martyr — and kill a few Americans along the way — than be arrested and humiliated by them’.”

His account, passed to The Sunday Times by a reliable intermediary, is the first description of Zarqawi in Iraq since Washington slapped a $25m bounty on his head, the same as the reward for the killing or capture of Osama Bin Laden.

The sheikh’s two-day meeting with the Jordanian-born Zarqawi provided a rare insight into the terrorist accused of masterminding the videotaped beheadings of western hostages — including Ken Bigley, the Liverpool-born engineer, in 2004 — and countless suicide bombings and assassinations.

“He is known by America and the world as the prince of beheadings, the murdering sheikh of innocents, the blood spiller,” said Ansari.

By contrast, he said, Zarqawi seemed a “simple” man and put on a show of humility at a two-day meeting to secure the co-operation of the Army of the Victorious Sect and other groups with Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

According to the sheikh, Zarqawi sat cross-legged on a rug to eat with his guests and some of his 12 bodyguards, most of whom also wore suicide belts and carried American and Russian automatic rifles.

He helped his guests to wash before praying and devoted five hours a day to reading the Koran, listening to taped sermons at night and holding religious discussions with his entourage, Ansari said.

The sheikh also claimed one of the most widely circulated pieces of supposed western intelligence about Zarqawi — that he sought treatment in Iraq after losing a leg in a US missile strike on Al-Qaeda militants — is false.

Ansari confirmed that he has both his legs and “walks with confidence and balance”.

He appeared to have recovered from chest and shoulder injuries he suffered in a separate US airstrike last year.

Zarqawi was born to a Palestinian refugee family in Jordan, where he is said to have grown up a tattooed, semi-literate, Shi’ite-hating thug.

It was after the fall of Baghdad in April 2003 that Zarqawi became notorious for large-scale attacks, including the bombing that August of the UN headquarters in Iraq.

The attack killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, the UN secretary-general’s envoy to Iraq, and 21 others.

A year later, the Arab television station Al-Jazeera broadcast a tape in which Bin Laden called Zarqawi “the prince of Al-Qaeda in Iraq”.

Intelligence analysts are divided over how much authority Zarqawi commands in the insurgency. Some in the Middle East have even suggested that Zarqawi may not exist.

Yet there is little doubt that the apparently modest figure Ansari met was the man on wanted leaflets distributed by US forces across the country.

According to the sheikh, Zarqawi was dressed casually in trousers and a simple shirt. He wore a light beard and moustache and his hair was cut short.

The meeting with Zarqawi had been arranged to help insurgent groups co-ordinate their attacks on coalition forces.

Ansari’s Sunni group was founded in May 2003 and first made headlines a year later when it claimed to have kidnapped a pair of Russian energy workers. They were freed a week later.

Al-Qaeda members said the insurgent groups attending the meeting were discussing possible co-ordination of their attacks and plans to create an Islamic state. “We exchanged talks and views and I spent many hours with him on the first day,” said Ansari. “He did not dominate the meeting and refused to impose his views.”

At prayers Zarqawi, 39, deferred to his elders, telling them: “I am younger than you and of less knowledge and status.” He could be heard weeping during worship, which is not uncommon among extremely devout Muslims.

The next morning, the leaders of four other Sunni groups joined the gathering. There was little water so Zarqawi found a bucket and poured for his guests — a task usually left to junior servants. Dishes of rice, chicken and meat stew were served to the leaders as they sat on woollen rugs on the floor.

The meeting led to the subsequent announcement about an umbrella body called the Mujaheddin Council, which posted a statement on the internet two weeks ago. The council claims to be representing Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the Army of the Victorious Sect and the four lesser-known Sunni groups. Other leading Sunni groups were conspicuously absent.

The development suggested to some Middle East watchers that despite his reputation, Zarqawi may be struggling to consolidate his grip on the resistance. Many Iraqis have tired of violence and politicians were beginning negotiations this weekend to form a coalition government after election results announced on Friday.

“Zarqawi is not in the position he used to be before — he seems to have lost the hospitality that he enjoyed in the past in Iraq,” said Dr Nimrod Raphaeli, a specialist at the Middle East Media Research Institute in Washington. “He is trying to find a new base and new links with other groups.”


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2003822,00.html

[The 801]

As of 1/22/06

Iraqi Military Sources Say al-Zarqawi Is in Baghdad Region

22 January 2006 | 16:39 | FOCUS News Agency



Baghdad. Iraqi military sources stated that according to military intelligence information presented today Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is in the province of Diala, near the Iraqi capital, Reuters reports.
US forces in the region have already been warned about Zarqawi’s presence in the region.
At the moment it is not exactly known in which part of the province the Al Khaida terrorist network leader is.

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=138&newsid=81235&ch=0

Interesting spelling of Al Qeada

[The 801]

The arab press, very reliable, cough, cough, cough.....

Report: US, Iraqi forces closing on al Zarqawi

Posted: 09-02-2006 , 10:40 GMT


US and Iraqi forces have been conducting an extensive cordon and search of Hamrin region based on intelligence that Al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, is believed to be hiding there, a newspaper reported on Thursday. Hamrin region is located in Salah ad Din governate which is neighboring al-Anbar governate and spreads between the cities of Tikrit and Kirkuk.



According to al Hayat newspaper, al Zarqawi has recently moved from al-Anbar to Salah ad Din after he lost the local and popular "logistical support" of the Sunni tribes in al Anbar.



This latest development comes following recent reports about the arrest of two senior aides to Zarqawi in Hamrin – Abu Naba and Abu Samra.



According to tribal sources quoted by the newspaper, al Zarqawi had to leave Fallujah after the people of the town blamed the Jordan-born militant for the killing of a prominent and admired Sunni community leader. Following the assassination, locals decided to "clean the city of Zarqawi elements," the sources said. Before his assassination, Sheikh Kamal Nazal, a Sunni preacher and chairman of the Fallujah city council, held contacts with the Iraqi government. Last month, Sheikh Nazal even welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad to the city.



Earlier, Sheikh Nazal had publicly supported the resistance against US occupation forces and expressed support in al Zarqawi.


© 2006 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)

http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/194492

[The 801]

An Exposition on the Absence of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq
By SITE Institute February 23, 2006


A member of a password-protected al-Qaeda-affiliated forum recently posted a discussion of considerable length concerning the absence of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi from a leadership position within the Mujahideen Shura Council, an umbrella group for seven insurgency groups in Iraq, including al-Qaeda in Iraq, in which he was formerly the Emir. The author mocks analysts and pundits who allegedly do not understand the nature of mujahideen or jihad organizations, and are “confused” about both the whereabouts of Zarqawi and the truce made by Usama bin Laden in his most recent speech from January 2006.


The author believes that regardless of the language, there is a lack of understanding between the West and those who embrace jihad. He states: “They do not believe that martyrdom for the sake of Allah is the best they can ever wish… They do not understand that this life is the last thing mujahideen think about and the thing for which they fight.” He uses questions asked by the media of Zarqawi, such as if he willingly resigned, was removed by bin Laden from al-Qaeda for the Jordan hotel bombings, “complaints” from Abu Yehia al-Libi, or “did the Shari’a Council fire him or put him on pension”. Rather, the reason the author posits is that their was a belief within “all organizations under the leadership” of bin Laden that the Mujahideen Shura Council should merely be led by someone other than Zarqawi. The seamless transition of power stands in contrast to that which is believed “reactionary and bloody”. Also, the author questions if Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi is the real name or nom de guerre of the emir of the Mujahideen Shura Council, who has undertook the mission of uniting the mujahideen.


Further, the author believes that the Council and bin Laden’s truce with America are two legs of an “equilateral triangle” that will cause the fall of America, and the third, final leg is “coming with the help of Allah.” He concludes: “After that the Muslims will have victory in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine.”

http://www.siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications151006&Category=publications&Subcategory=0

[Petronas]

Al Qaeda's Zarqawi shifts tactics: U.S. military
Thu Mar 30, 2:38 PM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has shifted tactics, focusing his suicide bombers on Iraqi forces and civilians instead of American troops, the chief U.S. military spokesman said on Thursday. "What we are seeing him do now is shift his target from the coalition forces to Iraqi civilians and Iraqi security forces," Major General Rick Lynch told a news conference.

While monthly U.S. casualties have been falling since November, attacks on Iraqi forces are escalating as Zarqawi attempts to undermine efforts to build up the army and security forces, Lynch said. "The number of attacks against Iraqi security force members has increased 35 percent in the last four weeks compared to the previous six months," said Lynch. "That is by design. The enemy knows the Iraqi security forces are increasing in capability."

A U.S. troop pullout is contingent on the performance of Iraqi troops, who have watched suicide bombers kill thousands of their comrades. A suicide bomber strapped with explosives killed 40 Iraqi army recruits at a base near the northern city of Mosul this week. Islamic militants have also been carrying out bolder attacks at police stations. Guerrillas attacked the police headquarters and courthouse in the Iraqi town of Miqdadiya this month, killing at least 18 people and releasing prisoners, police said.

Zarqawi, who has claimed responsibility for some of the most spectacular suicide bombings in Iraq, has kept a lower profile recently. His large-scale bombings have decreased. Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabor said this week that Zarqawi was no longer a threat. But military intelligence sources in Iraq say they have no reason to believe the Jordanian militant has weakened and he remains a recruiting magnet for young Sunni Arabs. One said recently it appeared that international al Qaeda leaders may have prevailed on Zarqawi to limit attacks on Shi'ite civilians on the grounds this was counter-productive.

Lynch said the improved performance of Iraqi forces and their growing ability to carry out operations on their own had contributed to a fall in the number of daily attacks. He noted that suicide bombings, the biggest killers in Iraq had dropped, as had the number of overall assaults. "Last year, May to July, we averaged 50 suicide attacks per month. This year, January to March, it was 24 per month," he said. Previous lulls in insurgent activity have been followed by a frenzy of attacks.

Lynch said al Qaeda was now focused on car bombs and roadside bombs to try to ignite a sectarian civil war while carrying out selective assassinations. The bombing of a Shi'ite shrine last month which the United States blamed on al Qaeda triggered reprisals and pushed Iraq closer than ever to sectarian civil war.

Lynch said there had been 955 murders or execution-style killings in Baghdad alone since the shrine attack and 1,313 nationwide: "(In) January in Baghdad we averaged 11 murders or executions per day. They peaked at one point in time recently with an average of 36. We have reduced that back to 25."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060330/ts_nm/iraq_forces_dc_1;_ylt=AqJ5o59asnHRVfbuBA.nOSRX6GMA ;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[1001]

Zarqawi replaced at head of Iraq resistance: son of bin Laden's mentor

Sun Apr 2, 6:14 AM ET


AMMAN (AFP) - Iraq's resistance has replaced Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as political head of the rebels, confining him to a military role, the son of Osama bin Laden's mentor told AFP in Jordan.

"The Iraqi resistance's high command asked Zarqawi to give up his political role and replaced him with an Iraqi, because of several mistakes he made," said Hudayf Azzam, who claims close contacts with the rebels.


"Zarqawi's role has been limited to military action," said Azzam, whose late father Abdallah Azzam was the mentor of bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda boss.


"Zarqawi bowed to the orders two weeks ago and was replaced by Iraqi national Abdullah bin Rashed al-Baghdadi," Azzam said Sunday.


Azzam, 35, whose father was known as the "prince of mujahedeens", said he regularly receives "credible information on the resistance in Iraq".


He said Zarqawi "made many political mistakes", including "the creation of an independent organisation, Al-Qaeda in Iraq".


"Zarqawi also took the liberty of speaking in the name of the Iraqi people and resistance, a role which belongs only to the Iraqis," Azzam said.


As a result "the resistance command inside and outside Iraq, including imams, criticised him and after long discussions demanded that he be confined to military action", Azzam said.


"Zarqawi pledged not to carry out any more attacks against Iraq's neighbours after having been criticised for these operations which are considered a violation of sharia (Islamic law)," Azzam said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060402/wl_mideast_afp/iraquszarqawiqaedaunrest_060402101414

[The 801]

Odd Debka story.

Al Qaeda terror attacks in S. Israel and central Damascus and Zarqawi’s outburst against Shiites and Hizballah are part and parcel of same offensive

June 2, 2006, 2:18 PM (GMT+02:00)

DEBKAfile’s al Qaeda experts see the events of the last 24 hours as segments of the same broad-based strategic initiative.

In Beirut, the anti-Syrian Lebanese government coalition, working with the UN, the United States, France and Israel, have made no progress in getting the Lebanese Shiite Hizballah terror group and its 15-20,000-strong militia to disarm.

Thursday night, June 1, this coalition found support in a most improbable quarter: al Qaeda’s Iraq commander, Abu Musab al Zarqawi.

In a three-part audiotape over the Internet, Zarqawi said that as long as Shiites whom he calls “wolves in sheep’s clothing.” are not finished off, “true Islam will not prevail.” Calling on fellow Sunnis in Iraq to reject reconciliation and national unity as a weapon of surrender, the speaker blasted Iraq’s Shiite leader Ayatollah Ali Sistani as the leader of “infidelity and atheism.” Zarqawi also attacked the Mahdi Army militia led by radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr for giving up the fight against US forces.

But where the al Qaeda broke new ground was in his attack on Hizballah whose deployment along the Lebanese-Israel frontier, he claimed, interferes with Sunni (al Qaeda) plans to strike Israel from there. The pledges of aid to the Palestinians given by Hizballah’s head, Hassan Nasrallah were castigated as empty talk.

DEBKAfile’s al Qaeda experts link this peroration to al Qaeda’s operations against the multinational force in Sinai, on May 31, and the apparently coordinated strikes on an Israeli patrol in the Negev and key buildings in central Damascus of June 2. (See separate items on this page)

For one, Zarqawi’s followers were willing to take on the IDF in a head-on clash; for the second, to strike at the most sensitive installations in central Damascus. The two attacks are evidence of his mounting confidence in the operational capabilities of al Qaeda’s Middle East networks outside as well as inside Iraq. Hizballah is now investigating the suspicion that the murder of Mahmoud Majzub and his brother Nidal in Sidon, South Lebanon, on May 26 - for which the Israeli Mossad was blamed - was the work of a Zarqawi cell as a prelude to his broadside against Shiites and the Hizballah in particular.

Majzub, according to DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources, was Hizballah’s senior liaison man with the Palestinian controllers who run suicide bombers from the West Bank against Israeli targets.

Zaraqawis’ vicious anti-Shiite rhetoric does not mean that the al Qaeda leader has withdrawn from collaborative projects with Shiite Iran and the Hizballah when their aims converge. Ideological differences do not interfere with the practical goals shared by the three terrorist elements.

http://www.debka.com/

Related story from above.

DEBKAfile: Three uniformed al Qaeda infiltrators from Egypt lose two men in first direct clash with Israeli troops in the Negev. One Israeli soldier slightly hurt

June 2, 2006, 2:19 PM (GMT+02:00)

The infiltrators tossed grenades at the Israeli patrol before dawn June 2 from an ambush near Mt. Sagi, 10 km from the Nitzana-Eilat highway in southern Israel. Two were killed by return fire, the third escaped across the border to Egyptian Sinai. Two Kalashnikov rifles, 9 ammo clips and a radio were found by the bodies, disguised in the uniforms of Egyptian officers.

DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources tie the incident to a battle staged Wednesday night, May 31, between an Egyptian special unit and a large al Qaeda band bound for another attack on the Multinational Force base at Al Gora near El Arish in northern Sinai.

The terrorists carried rifles, explosives and grenades for a mass strike against the mostly US and Canadian peacemakers. The Egyptians captured 35 of the assailants. Many of them were Palestinians recruited to Musab al Zarqawi’s Sinai network. Two of the Palestinians were named as Hamad Abu Kabal, 27, a student at the El Arish branch of Cairo University, and Yusuf Mohsein.

Their initial interrogation by Egyptian intelligence revealed that Zarqawi’s Sinai-Gaza network is in the first stages of a new offensive in Sinai, aimed at seizing and massacring a large number of Israeli and Western holidaymakers as well as strikes inside Israel. It now operates as “Al Qaeda-Palestine,” dedicated according to its communiqués to attacks on “The Children of Zion.”

Israeli security heads are disturbed by the growing number of Palestinians joining al Qaeda.

The triple bombing attack at the Dahab resort of April 24, the repeated attempts to hit the MFO and the infiltration of Israel Thursday night come together to indicate al Qaeda’s numbers, infrastructure and reach are expanding and attacks on Israel are integral to its targeting aims. DEBKAfile’s military sources report that the tasks of breaking up al Qaeda’s Sinai operation, curbing its penetration of the Gaza Strip and holding back its border incursions into southern Israel are way beyond the capabilities of Egyptian security.

[The 801]

A Statement from Abu Abdul Rahman al-Iraqi, Deputy Emir of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Concerning the Death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
By SITE Institute

June 8, 2006

Today, June 8, 2006, the Deputy Emir of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Abdul Rahman al-Iraqi, issued a statement bringing “good tidings” of the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, praying that Allah accept him as a martyr, and that he may join other martyrs such as Sheikhs Abu Anas al-Shami and Abu Azzam al-Iraqi. The message is authentic and was posted to prominent password-protected al-Qaeda-affiliated forums. Abu Abdul Rahman states that the death of the jihad leaders is part of their life, and “only increases our insistence to continue jihad so that Allah’s Word is supreme”. He adds that the jihad will continue with the same plan that Zarqawi devised, and the Mujahideen Shura Council devised under its Emir, Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi will be the “first core” of the Muslim Nation that will rise in Iraq.

Abu Abdul Rahman al-Iraqi, Deputy Emir of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has in the past issued audio statements and written messages that embody Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's ideology, and pledge unwavering support to the jihad against the American and Shi'ite enemies in Iraq.

A deluge of media reports today indicate that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Emir of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and seven of his aides, were killed in an air strike northeast of Baghdad today. U.S. and Iraqi officials added that Zarqawi’s body was confirmed by fingerprints and a look at his face.

http://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications182406&Category=publications&Subcategory=0

[The 801]

Did You Get the Message of the Shi’ites” - A Series of Three Audio Lectures by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Attacking Shi’ites, Particularly Hezbollah and Iran
By SITE Institute

June 7, 2006

A series of three audio lectures from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi titled: “Did You Get the Message of the Shi’ites,” and constituting nearly four hours of vitriol aimed at the Shi’a Muslims, was issued June 1, 2006, and asserts that there is an Iranian-American alliance aimed to prevent the Sunnis from obtaining any power, and which allows the Shi’ites to maintain hegemony in several countries throughout the Gulf region. Zarqawi attacks Iran and Hezbollah, and explains that Shi’ites are not part of the Muslim Nation, rather, claiming they possess a desire to destroy Islam. He states: “The Shi’a completely differ from the Islam given to us by our Prophet and disagree with its main principals and doctrines. How could this not be so, since their main scholars and religious leaders have established their own religious rules and justifications for their belief, which differ from Islam.”

For the duration of his lectures, Zarqawi presents theories explaining Iran’s pursuit of power in the backdrop of an alleged Shi’ite conspiracy, charging that Ayatollah Khomeini was an “American product” who made a reverse turn in his ideology following the Iranian Revolution, and sought the eliminate of the Sunni people, even instigating the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980’s to extend Iran’s sovereignty. Zarqawi believes that the “treason” by the Shi’ites continues into the present, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq, where the Iranians aided the Americans to wipe out the Taliban in coordination with the Shi’ites in the Afghan north. He adds: “Also, Iranian Shi’a collaborated with the Americans to occupy Iraq in coordination with the Shi’a of Iraq. They were not satisfied with their negative position relative to the crusaders’ invasion of Muslim lands.”

Within the purview of Iran, Zarqawi turns to the Shi’ite Hezbollah and accuses the organization of receiving their orders from Iran, “the axis of evil and the crib of the expected Mahdi, the Anti-Christ”. According to the lecture, Iran sought to export its revolution to the al-Sham countries, especially Lebanon, where it initiated a Shi’a movement, Amal, which attacked Sunni Palestinians from its camp in southern Lebanon. As he describes Hezbollah, Amal prevented any Palestinian organization from attacking Israel, but when the “truth” of the strong ties between Amal and Iran became evident, Iran came up with a new solution in the form of Hezbollah. Zarqawi states: “The ties between Hezbollah and Iran are like the ties between a branch and a tree… Hezbollah is an enemy to the Sunni people even if it covers itself with devoutness. Nobody will be deceived by this unless he is ignorant.”

Hezbollah, in Zarqawi’s view, reneged on many positions they claimed to have stood in their establishment statement, and which were later extended by Hassan Nasrallah, the leaderof Hezbollah, concerning the liberation of Palestine. Zarqawi questions why Hezbollah is exempt from the al-Taif agreement, an agreement signed in 1989 to end the Lebanese civil war, which rulers to disarm all of the militias. In addition, he states that Hezbollah exists to block Sunnis from fighting the Israelis, and alleges the group to have captured individuals who had that intent.

Zarqawi raises further points towards his claim of Iran supporting the United States in its aims in Afghanistan and Iraq, turning his attention to alleged crimes committed by the Shi’ites against the Sunnis implicit in the collaboration. He states: “Many of the military leaders stated that the planes that took off from the Arab nations could not have reached Afghanistan without crossing the skies of Iran. At the same time, the Iranians were insisting on the neutrality of the Iranian skies.” Iran, Zarqawi adds, has an unguarded border with Iraq allowing them to move their agents and people to the country to tip the balance in Iraq towards a Shi’a majority, especially after the many killings within that state.

The lecture series ends with Zarqawi embarking on a historical discussion of the evils of the Shi’a and reasons they are to be hated, including betrayal of their own Imams, betrayal of Islam by moving to the “camp of infidelity” when war is fought with the Jews and Christians, making it only possible to fight the enemy when the Shi’ites have been dealth with, and following rules that deviate from Islamic Shari’a.

http://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications182106&Category=publications&Subcategory=0

Looks like he was scrambling to keep himself relevant. His reasoning seemed irrational.

[Vancouver]

Mujahideen Shurah Council announcement on the death of Zarqawi:

بيان من تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين حول استشهاد الشيخ الزرقاوي

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
{إِن يَمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ الْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِّثْلُهُ وَتِلْكَ الأيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ اللّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنكُمْ شُهَدَاء وَاللّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِينَ } [سورة آل عمران: 140].
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين، والصّلاة والسّلام على نبيّنا محمّد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين، أما بعد:
من أبي عبد الرحمن العراقي إلى أمة الحبيب عليه الصلاة والسلام إنا نبشركِ باستشهادِ شيخنا المجاهد – بإذن الله – أبي مصعب الزرقاوي على أرض الرّافدين الّتي فتحها عمر الفاروق – رضي الله عنه – وجُلّلت بدماء الصحابة والتابعين، ثمّ جلّلت بدماء المهاجرين والأنصار طوال ثلاث سنوات منهم الشيخ أبي أنس الشامي والشيخ أبي عزام العراقي، وها هو اليوم شيخنا أبو مصعب رحمه الله.
إننا نؤكّد لأمّتنا أنّ ما أصابنا كرامةٌ لك يا أمّتي، وإنّ الفتح بإذن الله قريب، فإن أمة الحبيب ولودةٌ والأمل باقٍ إلى ان يرث الله الأرض ومن عليها، وما أُصيبت الأمّة مثل موت نبيها عليه الصلاة والسلام، ولكن استمرت بالعطاء والفتوحات والقتال حتّى تكون كلمة الله هي العليا، واستمرت الأمة بإنجاب الرّجال تلو الرّجال حتّى يومنا هذا، فأنجبت الأمّة في العقود الماضية شيخنا أسامة بن لادن والشيخ أيمن الظواهري " حفظهما الله " والشيخ أبي مصعب الزرقاوي " رحمه الله "، وستنجب الأمّة بإذن الله تعالى الرّجال الرّجال، وإنّ هذا الدّين محفوظ كما قال تعالى: {هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ } [سورة الصف: 9]، والله متمّ نوره ولكنّ الصليبيين والروافض والمرتدين ومن معهم لا يعلمون.
إنّ الله وعدنا وعداً وهو وعدُ الحق، إمّا التّمكين وإمّا الشهادة، {قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَا إِلاَّ إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ اللّهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا فَتَرَبَّصُواْ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ }[ سورة التوبة: 52].
إنّ موت قادتنا حياةٌ لنا ولا يزيدنا إلا إصراراً على مواصلة الجهاد حتّى تكون كلمة الله هي العُليا، فإنّنا نجاهد طاعةً لله عزّ وجل وتعبّداً إليه فإنّها من أعظم الطاعات في مثل هذه الأيام.
وإنّ الله أكرمنا في الأشهر الأخيرة بالاجتماع مع إخوتنا بتشكيل مجلس شورى المجاهدين بإمرة شيخنا عبد الله بن رشيد البغدادي " حفظه الله " وكان لشيخنا " رحمه الله " الأثر الطيب في إنشاء هذا المجلس ليكون النّواة الأولى لدولة الإسلام الّتي سَتًقام بإذن الله على أرض الرافدين.
إنّنا نعاهدُ الله على المُضيّ لإقامة شرعه على هذه أرض الرافدين أو نهلكَ دونه، ونقول الله لأمّتنا لن تُؤْتَي بإذن الله من قبلنا، ونقول لشيخنا وأميرنا أسامة بن لادن " حفظه الله " إنّ جندكَ في تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين ماضون على نفس الخطّة الّتي رسمتها لشيخنا أبي مصعب، وسنُكمِلُ مسيرة شيخنا وأميرنا أبي مصعب رحمه الله، وبيننا وبينهم حربٌ سجالٌ وسيرى الذين كفروا لمن عاقبةُ الدّار.
والله غالب.
رحم الله الشيخ المجاهد أبي مصعب الزّرقاوي ومن سبقه من إخوانه في ساحات الجهاد.
{الَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُواْ لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَاناً وَقَالُواْ حَسْبُنَا اللّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ} [سورة آل عمران: 173].
وصلى الله على نبيّنا محمّد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلّم.

أبي عبد الرّحمن العراقي
نائب أمير تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين

الهيئة الاعلامية لمجلس شورى المجاهدين في العراق

[Casey]

The informational commission: a statement diverted the sheikh martyrdom of Al-Qaeda Organization in the two tributaries countries.

In the name of God the Gracious Merciful .
{That had touched the forces (ymsskm) wounded and that wounded the days as him confer between the people knows no God believed and adopt from you and God love oppressive } [ sura a prosperity reached:. 140]..
Praise be to God the cherisher of the worlds , and the prayer and the peace on Mohammad, prophet, and on family and friends entireties, as for a distance.:
The prayer and the peace come on him to the darling nation from Iraqi Abed Al-Rahman, father, announce in a martyrdom sheikh the fighter - in a permit Musab God, father, Al-Zarqawi on a land the two tributaries which opened an age. Al-Farouq - amiable God of him - and covered in bloods Companions of the Prophet dependent, then in the emigrants bloods and allies covered the sheikh throughout three years from them disdainful (ans) Al-Shami and the sheikh disdainful Iraqi Azam ,. he the day the sheikh Abu Misaab God have mercy on him ..
We assure what a dignity hit to you O nation, opening is in a permit close, the darling nation is prolific and the hope other to God inherits the land from and. On her , and what strickened the nation an alert death represented the prayer and the peace on him , but and conquests and fighting continued the God word until an formation in giving high, and the nation continued the men in an procreation after. The men until day this, and begot the nation in the past contracts " God kept " and the sheikh Musab father Al-Zarqawi " God have mercy on him ",. And will beget the nation.

" God kept " and the sheikh Musab father Al-Zarqawi " God have mercy on him ", and will beget the nation the men rose in the God permit, and. This religion memorized as said Almighty : { he which envoy sent in the direction and the right religion to develop on the religion all polytheist hate } [ line sura : 9],. And God light (mtm) but the crusaders (walrouafdh) and the defectors from with them and do not know..
God, promise, promised the right and except, or enabling testimony (wima) , { diminished lurk in us except one charity and we lurk in you God hits agonizingly. Or in hands and lurked come with you (mtrbsoun) } [ repentance sura : 52]..
Leaders killed a life to us and did not increase except an insistence on the struggle pursuance until the God word formation high, are endeavor an obedience distract cherished a fear and worshipping to him she is. Greater (éltaàat) in as these days..

Be afraid and worshipped to him she is greater (éltaàat) in as these days..
God sheikh honored in a command with brothers in the fighters counsel council formation in the meeting in the last months Abdallah Al-Baghdady " God kept " as and for sheikh " God have mercy on him . " the trace tasteful in establishing this council to the first core for the Islam country will conduct on the two tributaries land in the God permit..
The two tributaries land or drink legitimized without him on this for a residence we pledge God on the continuance, and say God will not come in the God permit from before us for nation, and for sheikh and prince say Osama . Bin Laden " God kept " draft in countries in Al-Qaeda Organization the two tributaries past on the plan soul which drew for sheikh Musab father, and will complete a process sheikh and prince disdainful . Musab God have mercy on him , between us between them and and a competition war and will see which atoned reproached the house consequence..
And God is predominant.

And God is predominant.
Sheikh the fighter, God, pitied Musab father Al-Zarqawi and which the struggle preceded from brothers in squares..
{Which said the people to them the people had gathered (fakhshouhm) to you and Emma increased and said God yes the agent according to us } [ sura the family a prosperity: 173]..
And God prayed on Mohammad, prophet, on family and friends and submitted.


Iraqi Abed Al-Rahman, father,.
The Al-Qaeda Organization prince deputy in the two tributaries countries.

The informational commission in Iraq for the fighters counsel council.

The source: ( the daybreak center for the information.)


الهيئة الإعلامية: بيان من تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين حول استشهاد الشيخ

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
{إِن يَمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ الْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِّثْلُهُ وَتِلْكَ الأيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ اللّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنكُمْ شُهَدَاء وَاللّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِينَ } [سورة آل عمران: 140].
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين، والصّلاة والسّلام على نبيّنا محمّد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين، أما بعد:
من أبي عبد الرحمن العراقي إلى أمة الحبيب عليه الصلاة والسلام إنا نبشركِ باستشهادِ شيخنا المجاهد – بإذن الله – أبي مصعب الزرقاوي على أرض الرّافدين الّتي فتحها عمر الفاروق – رضي الله عنه – وجُلّلت بدماء الصحابة والتابعين، ثمّ جلّلت بدماء المهاجرين والأنصار طوال ثلاث سنوات منهم الشيخ أبي أنس الشامي والشيخ أبي عزام العراقي، وها هو اليوم شيخنا أبو مصعب رحمه الله.
إننا نؤكّد لأمّتنا أنّ ما أصابنا كرامةٌ لك يا أمّتي، وإنّ الفتح بإذن الله قريب، فإن أمة الحبيب ولودةٌ والأمل باقٍ إلى ان يرث الله الأرض ومن عليها، وما أُصيبت الأمّة مثل موت نبيها عليه الصلاة والسلام، ولكن استمرت بالعطاء والفتوحات والقتال حتّى تكون كلمة الله هي العليا، واستمرت الأمة بإنجاب الرّجال تلو الرّجال حتّى يومنا هذا، فأنجبت الأمّة في العقود الماضية شيخنا أسامة بن لادن والشيخ أيمن الظواهري " حفظهما الله " والشيخ أبي مصعب الزرقاوي " رحمه الله "، وستنجب الأمّة بإذن الله تعالى الرّجال الرّجال، وإنّ هذا الدّين محفوظ كما قال تعالى: {هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ } [سورة الصف: 9]، والله متمّ نوره ولكنّ الصليبيين والروافض والمرتدين ومن معهم لا يعلمون.
إنّ الله وعدنا وعداً وهو وعدُ الحق، إمّا التّمكين وإمّا الشهادة، {قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَا إِلاَّ إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ اللّهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا فَتَرَبَّصُواْ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ }[ سورة التوبة: 52].
إنّ موت قادتنا حياةٌ لنا ولا يزيدنا إلا إصراراً على مواصلة الجهاد حتّى تكون كلمة الله هي العُليا، فإنّنا نجاهد طاعةً لله عزّ وجل وتعبّداً إليه فإنّها من أعظم الطاعات في مثل هذه الأيام.
وإنّ الله أكرمنا في الأشهر الأخيرة بالاجتماع مع إخوتنا بتشكيل مجلس شورى المجاهدين بإمرة شيخنا عبد الله بن رشيد البغدادي " حفظه الله " وكان لشيخنا " رحمه الله " الأثر الطيب في إنشاء هذا المجلس ليكون النّواة الأولى لدولة الإسلام الّتي سَتًقام بإذن الله على أرض الرافدين.
إنّنا نعاهدُ الله على المُضيّ لإقامة شرعه على هذه أرض الرافدين أو نهلكَ دونه، ونقول الله لأمّتنا لن تُؤْتَي بإذن الله من قبلنا، ونقول لشيخنا وأميرنا أسامة بن لادن " حفظه الله " إنّ جندكَ في تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين ماضون على نفس الخطّة الّتي رسمتها لشيخنا أبي مصعب، وسنُكمِلُ مسيرة شيخنا وأميرنا أبي مصعب رحمه الله، وبيننا وبينهم حربٌ سجالٌ وسيرى الذين كفروا لمن عاقبةُ الدّار.
والله غالب.
رحم الله الشيخ المجاهد أبي مصعب الزّرقاوي ومن سبقه من إخوانه في ساحات الجهاد.
{الَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُواْ لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَاناً وَقَالُواْ حَسْبُنَا اللّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ} [سورة آل عمران: 173].
وصلى الله على نبيّنا محمّد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلّم.


أبي عبد الرّحمن العراقي
نائب أمير تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين

الهيئة الاعلامية لمجلس شورى المجاهدين في العراق

المصدر: (مركز الفجر للإعلام)


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[Casey]

Subject : Tantheem - alqa3edah Abu Misaab the darling rose in the God protection.

In the name of God the Gracious Merciful .
{That had touched the people a wound and that wounded the days as him confer between the people.
Informs no God believed and adopt from you and God love oppressive } [ sura .
The family a prosperity: 140]..
Praise be to God the cherisher of the worlds , and the prayer and the peace on Mohammad, prophet, on family and friends.
Entireties, as for a distance.:
The prayer and the peace come on him to the darling nation from Iraqi Abed Al-Rahman, father, announce.
In a martyrdom sheikh the fighter - in a permit Musab God, father, Al-Zarqawi on the two tributaries land.
Opening constructed Al-Farouq - God accepted of him - and covered Companions of the Prophet and the two dependents in bloods,.
Then covered the emigrants and allies from them throughout three years in bloods the sheikh disdainful (ans) .
Al-Shami and the sheikh Iraqi Azam father, he the day the sheikh Abu Misaab God have mercy on him ..
We assure what a dignity hit to you O nation, opening is in a permit God.


A relative, prolific and the hope other to God inherits the land from on her and,.
And what strickened the nation an alert death represented the prayer and the peace on him , but continued in giving .
And conquests and fighting until the God word is her high, and continued the nation in a procreation.
The men after the men on us this, and the nation begot sheikh in past contracts .
" God kept " and the sheikh Musab father.
Al-Zarqawi " God have mercy on him ", and will beget the nation the men rose in the God permit, and.
This religion memorized as said Almighty : { he which envoy sent two cordialities in the direction the right.
To develop on the religion all polytheist hate } [ line sura : 9], and God (mtm) the light.
But the crusaders (walrouafdh) and the defectors from with them and do not know..
God, promise, promised the right and except, or enabling testimony (wima) , { diminished.
Lurk in us except one charity and we lurk in you God hits agonizingly.


Or in hands and lurked come with you (mtrbsoun) } [ repentance sura : 52]..
Leaders killed a life to us and did not increase except an insistence on the struggle pursuance until a formation.
The God word high, are endeavor an obedience distract cherished a fear and worshipping to him she is.
Greater (éltaàat) in as these days..
God honored in a counsel council formation with brothers in the last months in the meeting.
The fighters in a command sheikh Bin Abdallah wise Al-Baghdady " God kept " as and.
For sheikh " God have mercy on him " the trace tasteful in establishing this council to the first core.
For the Islam country will conduct on the two tributaries land in the God permit..


The two tributaries land or drink legitimized without him on this for a residence we pledge God on the continuance,.
And say God will not come in the God permit from before us for nation, and say Osama and prince for sheikh.
Bin Laden " God kept " draft in countries in Al-Qaeda Organization the two tributaries past on.
The plan which drew for sheikh released Musab father, and will complete a process disdainful .
Musab God have mercy on him , between us between them and and a competition war and will see which atoned reproached a consequence.
The house..
And God is predominant.
God, the struggling sheikh, pitied Musab father Al-Zarqawi and from precedence from brothers in squares.
The struggle..
{Which said the people to them the people had gathered (fakhshouhm) to you and Emma increased.
And said God yes the agent according to us } [ sura the family a prosperity: 173]..
And God prayed on Mohammad, prophet, on family and friends and submitted.

Iraqi Abed Al-Rahman, father,.
The Al-Qaeda Organization prince deputy in the two tributaries countries.

The informational commission in Iraq for the fighters counsel council.

The source: ( the daybreak center for the information.)
God and the dealer yes calculated.


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Tantheem-alqa3edah أبو مصعب الحبيب في ذمة الله تعالى

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
{إِن يَمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ الْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِّثْلُهُ وَتِلْكَ الأيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ
وَلِيَعْلَمَ اللّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنكُمْ شُهَدَاء وَاللّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِينَ } [سورة
آل عمران: 140].
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين، والصّلاة والسّلام على نبيّنا محمّد وعلى آله وصحبه
أجمعين، أما بعد:
من أبي عبد الرحمن العراقي إلى أمة الحبيب عليه الصلاة والسلام إنا نبشركِ
باستشهادِ شيخنا المجاهد – بإذن الله – أبي مصعب الزرقاوي على أرض الرّافدين
الّتي فتحها عمر الفاروق – رضي الله عنه – وجُلّلت بدماء الصحابة والتابعين،
ثمّ جلّلت بدماء المهاجرين والأنصار طوال ثلاث سنوات منهم الشيخ أبي أنس
الشامي والشيخ أبي عزام العراقي، وها هو اليوم شيخنا أبو مصعب رحمه الله.
إننا نؤكّد لأمّتنا أنّ ما أصابنا كرامةٌ لك يا أمّتي، وإنّ الفتح بإذن الله
قريب، فإن أمة الحبيب ولودةٌ والأمل باقٍ إلى ان يرث الله الأرض ومن عليها،
وما أُصيبت الأمّة مثل موت نبيها عليه الصلاة والسلام، ولكن استمرت بالعطاء
والفتوحات والقتال حتّى تكون كلمة الله هي العليا، واستمرت الأمة بإنجاب
الرّجال تلو الرّجال حتّى يومنا هذا، فأنجبت الأمّة في العقود الماضية شيخنا
أسامة بن لادن والشيخ أيمن الظواهري " حفظهما الله " والشيخ أبي مصعب
الزرقاوي " رحمه الله "، وستنجب الأمّة بإذن الله تعالى الرّجال الرّجال، وإنّ
هذا الدّين محفوظ كما قال تعالى: {هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ
لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ } [سورة الصف: 9]، والله متمّ نوره
ولكنّ الصليبيين والروافض والمرتدين ومن معهم لا يعلمون.
إنّ الله وعدنا وعداً وهو وعدُ الحق، إمّا التّمكين وإمّا الشهادة، {قُلْ هَلْ
تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَا إِلاَّ إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ اللّهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنْ
عِندِهِ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا فَتَرَبَّصُواْ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ }[ سورة التوبة: 52].
إنّ موت قادتنا حياةٌ لنا ولا يزيدنا إلا إصراراً على مواصلة الجهاد حتّى تكون
كلمة الله هي العُليا، فإنّنا نجاهد طاعةً لله عزّ وجل وتعبّداً إليه فإنّها من
أعظم الطاعات في مثل هذه الأيام.
وإنّ الله أكرمنا في الأشهر الأخيرة بالاجتماع مع إخوتنا بتشكيل مجلس شورى
المجاهدين بإمرة شيخنا عبد الله بن رشيد البغدادي " حفظه الله " وكان
لشيخنا " رحمه الله " الأثر الطيب في إنشاء هذا المجلس ليكون النّواة الأولى
لدولة الإسلام الّتي سَتًقام بإذن الله على أرض الرافدين.
إنّنا نعاهدُ الله على المُضيّ لإقامة شرعه على هذه أرض الرافدين أو نهلكَ دونه،
ونقول الله لأمّتنا لن تُؤْتَي بإذن الله من قبلنا، ونقول لشيخنا وأميرنا أسامة
بن لادن " حفظه الله " إنّ جندكَ في تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين ماضون على
نفس الخطّة الّتي رسمتها لشيخنا أبي مصعب، وسنُكمِلُ مسيرة شيخنا وأميرنا أبي
مصعب رحمه الله، وبيننا وبينهم حربٌ سجالٌ وسيرى الذين كفروا لمن عاقبةُ
الدّار.
والله غالب.
رحم الله الشيخ المجاهد أبي مصعب الزّرقاوي ومن سبقه من إخوانه في ساحات
الجهاد.
{الَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُواْ لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَاناً
وَقَالُواْ حَسْبُنَا اللّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ} [سورة آل عمران: 173].
وصلى الله على نبيّنا محمّد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلّم.

أبي عبد الرّحمن العراقي
نائب أمير تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين

الهيئة الاعلامية لمجلس شورى المجاهدين في العراق

المصدر: (مركز الفجر للإعلام)
حسبنا الله و نعم الوكيل

[Casey]

Iraqi Abed Al-Rahman, father,.
The Al-Qaeda Organization prince deputy in the two tributaries countries.

The informational commission in Iraq for the fighters counsel council.

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Iraqi Abed Al-Rahman, father,.
The Al-Qaeda Organization prince deputy in the two tributaries countries.

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From the 2 statements below about al-Zarqawi's demise......

Things that make you go hmmmmm......

[Casey]

Some archives

Al-Qaeda statements
http://afghanistanwar.com/showthread.php?t=32755


The orginal Sheikh Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi thread:
http://afghanistanwar.com/showthread.php?t=38334

Al Tawhid Group Military Statements
http://afghanistanwar.com/showthread.php?t=39766&page=7&pp=15

01-23-2005 Zarqawi declares war on Iraq poll
http://afghanistanwar.com/showthread.php?t=81994

12/27/04 The sheikh Osama Ben Ladin recognizes Al-Zarqawi a prince to Iraq base
http://afghanistanwar.com/showthread.php?t=78684

AlNeda النداء messages only
http://afghanistanwar.com/forumdisplay.php?f=5

[rectar]

Has " Iraqi Abed Al-Rahman, father,. " arisen from the dead ?

[Casey]

Has " Iraqi Abed Al-Rahman, father,. " arisen from the dead ?

go figure....

[The 801]

How U.S. Forces Found Iraq's Most-Wanted Man

By Jonathan Finer
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, June 9, 2006; A01

BAGHDAD, June 8 -- To kill Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, U.S. forces first found his spiritual adviser. Then they had to wait. They tracked the adviser for weeks, until he met Iraq's most-wanted man Wednesday night in a village north of Baghdad. As the two huddled in a farmhouse, an F-16 warplane blasted it with two 500-pound bombs, killing them and at least four other people.

Facial recognition, fingerprints, tattoos and scars allowed intelligence officials to identify the battered body of Zarqawi, who directed some of the bloodiest attacks of the three-year-old insurgency and became its public face.

A long-sought victory for President Bush, the U.S.-led military forces and their Iraqi allies, Zarqawi's death was the most significant public triumph since the capture of former president Saddam Hussein in late 2003.

Zarqawi "will never murder again," Bush said in a statement in the White House Rose Garden.

The successful strike on Zarqawi came at a time of dwindling support for the Iraq war in the United States and intense scrutiny of alleged killings of unarmed civilians by U.S. Marines.

In a deeply divided Iraq, the killing of the Jordanian-born insurgent leader -- whom the government painted as a foreign invader -- was hailed with varying degrees of enthusiasm by leaders of all mainstream political factions: Sunni and Shiite Muslim Arabs and ethnic Kurds. But across the country, there were few raucous celebrations, and some Iraqis said they were saddened by the loss of the most visible symbol of resistance to Iraq's new order brought on by the American invasion.

U.S. and Iraqi officials cautioned Thursday that insurgents had prepared for life without Zarqawi and would continue the fight without him. But they expressed hope that his removal would ultimately help tame the fighting and bring stability to Iraq.

"Today Zarqawi was defeated," said Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who won a double dose of positive news Thursday when he also named top security ministers, completing his cabinet lineup after weeks of wrangling. Parliament endorsed the members in a vote held minutes after the announcement of Zarqawi's death.

"This is a message to all those who use violence, killing and devastation to disrupt life in Iraq to rethink within themselves before it is too late," Maliki said, as Iraqi reporters broke into hearty applause and chanted an Islamic prayer in unison.

President Bush congratulated Maliki by telephone on the day's events, officials said. Speaking from the Rose Garden several hours later, Bush praised the U.S.-led forces for pursuing Zarqawi through "years of near-misses and false leads."

"Through his every action, he sought to defeat America and our coalition partners and turn Iraq into a safe haven from which al-Qaeda could wage its war," Bush said of Zarqawi.

A high school dropout and longtime criminal, Zarqawi had been implicated in a string of terror attacks across the Muslim world since 2002, including bombings in Morocco and Turkey and the killing of an American diplomat in Jordan.

But as he claimed leadership over insurgents in Iraq in 2003, his stature soared, growing to rival even that of Saudi-born al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden.

U.S. forces placed a $25 million bounty on Zarqawi's head, the same reward offered for bin Laden. Maliki told al-Arabiya television that "we will meet our promise" concerning the reward; a military spokesman said it was too soon to tell if it would be paid.

U.S. commanders and officials have consistently called Zarqawi's al-Qaeda in Iraq organization the top threat to the country's security and made eliminating Zarqawi a priority. U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad called him "the godfather of sectarian killing and terrorism in Iraq."

Some outside analysts, however, have said U.S. officials have long overemphasized his role, which by their account further waned in recent months during a growing rift between Iraqi and foreign-born insurgents.

After Hussein was captured, there was widespread speculation that the insurgency would weaken, but it steadily escalated.

A statement purportedly from al-Qaeda in Iraq, posted Thursday on an Internet site used by insurgent groups, said, "What has befallen us today will not affect our determination." Underscoring the continuing power of the insurgents, bombers struck three times in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens more.

Beginning in the months after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Hussein in April 2003, Zarqawi used semiautonomous cells across the country to batter U.S. and Iraqi security forces and to conduct hundreds of bombings, beheadings and other terrorist attacks on civilians.

Among the bloodiest attacks claimed by his group was the August 2003 bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad that killed 23 people, including the organization's chief envoy. Zarqawi was also blamed for a string of bombings on March 2, 2004, that killed more than 100 worshipers in Karbala and Baghdad during the Shiite festival of Ashura.

He is believed to have personally beheaded two American civilians abducted in 2004: Nicholas Berg, 26, an entrepreneur from West Chester, Pa., and Eugene "Jack" Armstrong, a 52-year-old contractor from Hillsdale, Mich. A video showing Berg's decapitation was posted on the Internet, one of the first in a string of such postings that year.

Earlier this year, al-Qaeda in Iraq recast itself as part of a coalition of insurgent groups called the Mujaheddin Shura Council. That move corresponded with a shift toward a more intense focus on attacks against civilians, most of them Shiites, and calls for civil war between Sunni Arabs and Shiites.

Sectarian violence has increased markedly nationwide since the bombing in February of a Shiite shrine in Samarra, north of Baghdad. The Iraqi government pinned the attack on Zarqawi, though al-Qaeda in Iraq denied involvement.

In an audiotape released last week, Zarqawi called on Iraqi Sunnis to kill Shiites, including Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the country's most revered Shiite cleric.

For years, Zarqawi and his top aides have been hunted by an elite and highly secretive team of U.S. Special Forces personnel known as Task Force 77. They nearly apprehended Zarqawi on several occasions, most recently in April during a series of raids near the southern city of Yusufiyah, according to a defense official familiar with the Zarqawi hunt.

A crucial breakthrough in the hunt came last month when Jordanian intelligence officers captured one of Zarqawi's mid-level operatives near the Iraqi border, according to the official. Employed by the Iraqi government as a customs clearance officer in Rutbah, along the main road from Amman to Baghdad, the operative identified himself as Ziad Khalaf al-Kerbouly. Kerbouly said in a statement broadcast by Jordanian television on May 23 that he used his position to help Zarqawi smuggle cash and materiel for the insurgency.

Under questioning, Kerbouly told Jordanian interrogators something that they did not broadcast: the identity and contacts for Zarqawi's new "spiritual adviser," Sheik Abdel Rahman. Task Force 77 located Abdel Rahman, kept him under surveillance and learned that there was "a very high probability" he would meet Zarqawi at the house on Wednesday.

According to a U.S. intelligence source, Abdel Rahman served as Zarqawi's liaison to Muslim clerics across Iraq, gathering recruits, funding and popular support for the insurgency. Unlike Zarqawi's previous spiritual adviser, Abdullah Janabi, Abdel Rahman -- a Sunni Muslim, as was Zarqawi -- supported al-Qaeda in Iraq's campaign of attacks against Iraq's majority Shiite population.

Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, a U.S. military spokesman, declined to comment on specific Jordanian help. By his account, the capture or killing of several top al-Qaeda lieutenants in recent weeks, beginning with a cell leader in Yusufiyah on April 6, brought critical intelligence about the leader.

As expected, Abdel Rahman went Wednesday to the house in the village of Hibhib, north of Baghdad. "We knew exactly who was there," Caldwell said. "We knew it was Zarqawi, and that was who we went to get."

Despite previous reports of Zarqawi nearly being captured, Caldwell said, "last night was the first time we have had definite and unquestionable information about exactly where he was located, knowing that we could strike that target without collateral damage."

Shown from above in a military photograph, the house appeared to be a white, two-story structure with a verdant courtyard, located beside plowed fields and a paved road at the edge of a date palm forest. No other buildings were nearby.

The house was rented three months ago to a Sunni family that fled under threat from the predominantly Shiite Baghdad slum of Sadr City, according to Jumaa al-Ubaidi, the building's owner.

Two Air Force F-16C jets were brought into the attack while flying an unrelated mission, Lt. Gen. Gary North, commander of the Combined Forces Air Component, told Pentagon reporters by telephone Thursday. The pilots were told there was a "high-value target in the building."

Caldwell showed a grainy, black-and-white video of the attack, shot from one of the F-16s. A bomb dropped by the other jet is seen detonating in white cross hairs that mark the house. A plume of smoke billows. Moments later, another bomb explodes on the site.

Iraqi police soon arrived on the scene, followed by U.S. forces, Caldwell said.

In two photographs released by the military Thursday, Zarqawi's face appears bulbous and bruised, with a red welt on his left cheek, a few minor cuts and blood clotted in his nose. His body cannot be seen. Caldwell said his face was cleaned before the photographs were taken.

Several discrepancies emerged in various accounts of Wednesday's events. Police and witnesses at the scene told a Washington Post special correspondent that Zarqawi was only wounded in the attack and was whisked away by U.S. forces, dying in their custody. Caldwell said he was killed instantly.

FBI forensics experts matched Zarqawi's fingerprints to a set on file. They plan to perform DNA analysis at their laboratory in Quantico, Va., according to Special Agent Richard Kolko, a bureau spokesman.

Caldwell said intelligence gathered from the attack was being used to pursue other targets. Coalition forces raided 17 locations in and around Baghdad on Wednesday night, seizing a "treasure trove" of information about terrorist operations in the country, Caldwell said.

In parliament Thursday, Abdul Qadir Muhammed Jassim, a Sunni Arab who commanded the Iraqi army in the west, was confirmed as defense minister. Jawad al-Bolani, a Shiite, was put in charge of the Interior Ministry. Ambassador Khalilzad and many Sunni politicians had warned against naming a minister tied to the country's main Shiite militias. Bolani told lawmakers he was not affiliated with a political party.

Sherwan Alwaeli, a Shiite, was named the country's top official for national security.

Correspondent Ellen Knickmeyer and staff writer Nelson Hernandez in Baghdad and staff writers Thomas E. Ricks, Josh White, Ann Scott Tyson, Dan Eggen and Barton Gellman and researcher Julie Tate in Washington contributed to this report. Special correspondents Omar Fekeiki, Bassam Sebti, K.I. Ibrahim and Naseer Nouri in Baghdad and Hasan Shammari in Hibhib also contributed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/08/AR2006060802044_pf.html


Do we get to retire this thread now?

[The 801]

Captured Zarqawi Aide Spilled the Beans

June 09, 2006 11:08 AM

Alexis Debat Reports:

An Iraqi customs agent secretly working with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror cell spilled the beans on the group after he was arrested, Jordanian officials tell ABC News.

Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly was arrested by Jordanian intelligence forces last spring.

Officials say Karbouly confessed to his role in the terror cell and provided crucial information on the names of Zarqawi commanders and locations of their safe houses.

Karbouly also admitted to his role in the kidnappings of two Moroccan embassy employees, four Iraqi National Guards and an Iraqi finance ministry official.

In a videotaped confession, Karbouly said he acted on direct orders from Zarqawi.

Officials say he will not be eligible for any of the $25 million reward money.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/06/captured_zarqaw.html

[Vancouver]

Has " Iraqi Abed Al-Rahman, father,. " arisen from the dead ?There are two Abdur-Rahman's in the picture.
First is Zarqawi's "spiritual" ally Sheikh Abdur-Rahman who, according to my calculations, is the Saudi Sheikh Abdur-Rahman ash-Shammari, who was killed with Zarqawi.
Second is the al-Qaida writer in Iraq who goes by Abu Abdur-Rahman al-Iraqi.

[Casey]

Lots of condolences for Abu.

I haven't checked mainstream news but read on a forum, Jordan told al-Zarqawi's family he can't be buried there.

[Vancouver]

I don't know if it's because of Zarqawi's timely demise, but the "official" insurgency website
www.world-news-network.net
is right now "closed for system maintance".

[Casey]

I don't know if it's because of Zarqawi's timely demise, but the "official" insurgency website
www.world-news-network.net (http://www.world-news-network.net)
is right now "closed for system maintance".

I've been getting a database error from them for the last couple of days and today the system message.

My guess is they were attacked, with data loss.

[Vancouver]

I've been getting a database error from [w-n-n] for the last couple of days and today the system message.

My guess is they were attacked, with data loss.
Or a personnel loss, no kidding. There were a number of simultaneous raids in Iraq immediately after the elimination of Zarqawi, undoubtedly based on essentially the same source of intelligence.

[Casey]

The operations connected in us Al-Jehadiya the main statements.

In the name of God the Gracious Merciful .
Al-Hamad distract championed the believers (walmshrkeen),(walslaa) infidelity (whazm) and the peace on prophet Mohammad, the family (élmjahdeen),(wàla) (élmtqeen),(wqaéd) imam, and friends the (amabàd) entireties.:
Said Almighty : { become Christian God supports and proves feet } [ (mhmd):7 .
A statement confiscated the fighters from a counsel council.

Announce the council of banishment for what reverberated on tongues informational journalistic word the struggling sheikh inauguration disdainful Iraqi Abed Al-Rahman a successor for the martyrs sheikh and the fighters Musab disdainful (alamam) God have mercy on him , also. Will announce the council of successor for Sheikh martyred Amarah the council after the six groups and the announcement appointment will become of the organization prince on coming Tuesday from a month for the council solid and God (élaoula) . Championed the fighters.



The fighters counsel council.






أتصل بنا العمليات الجهادية البيانات الرئيسية

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله ناصر المؤمنين وهازم الكفرة والمشركين,والصلاة والسلام على نبينا محمد إمام المتقين,وقائد المجاهدين,وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين أمابعد:
قال تعالى: {إِن تَنصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ} [محمد:7
بيان صادر من مجلس شورى المجاهدين

يعلن المجلس عن نفيه لما تردد على ألسنة الاعلاميين والصحفيين نبأ تنصيب الشيخ المجاهد أبي عبد الرحمن العراقي خليفة لشيخ الشهداء والمجاهدين ألامام أبي مصعب رحمه الله ،كما سوف يعلن المجلس عن خليفة الشيخ الشهيد لأمارة المجلس بعد أجتماع الفصائل الست للمجلس وسيكون موعد الاعلان عن أمير التنظيم يوم الثلاثاء القادم من شهر جمادي الاولى ،والله ناصر المجاهدين



مجلس شورى المجاهدين

[Casey]

Mobilized the conquerors Osama Bin Laden sheikh commander of faithful congratulates sheikh (bistshhad) Abu Misaab Al-Zirkawi .

In the name of God the Gracious Merciful .

(Men tell the truth from the believers what pledged God on him from them and which lamentation spent from them and which wait and what changed a permutation) ( (élàhzab):23 .)


The generally Islamic world and the fighters console especially everywhere and release (éoula) , on the casualty (éljll) in the brother lost the sheikh ( Abu Misaab Al-Zirkawi ) God accepts spacious (wasknh) the felons. And say: (éna) distract Wana to him (rajàoun) , God yes the agent calculated.. (éllhm) (àajrna) in disaster (wakhlfna) charitable from her ..

Al-Fadel fighters sheikh ( Osama Bin Laden ) kept as console God and say endure be satisfied and to him and and all swords do not sadden started in blessed hand.. Yes and we know that the matter is great but consolation the man obtained what wished ( God tell the truth and God believed.)
As a fork and in appoint the crusader and refusing and the Islam enemies..

Console also brothers in ( the struggle base organization in the two tributaries countries) on casualty and casualty, and say to them : brothers (àhdnakm) strong facing the hump.. And endure be satisfied facing this ordeal and ( God, consolation, excelled, and magnified God, wage, and forgave for dead ) wanted God..
Custodian the Sheikh blood ( God have mercy on him ) Nora lighten and a fire path on enemies, a no issued force source weakened you , bind on what died of the unification on him . And the audacity and handsome the end ask God collects in him in highest paradise..

Finally: say the Islam from the crusaders for enemies refusing and no exhilarate O the Islam enemies, and all Islamic nations ( Abu Misaab ) God wanted a jealousy on the religion and the Moslems sanctities..

And delayed lawsuit praise be to God the cherisher of the worlds ..

The Amarah office.


جيش الفاتحين يهنئ أمير المؤمنين الشيخ أسامة بن لادن بإستشهاد الشيخ أبو مصعب الزرقاوي

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم






(مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضَى نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِيلاً) (الأحزاب:23)


نعزي العالم الإسلامي عموما والمجاهدين في كل مكان خصوصا وأنفسنا اولا, على المصاب الجلل في فقد الأخ الشيخ ( أبو مصعب الزرقاوي ) تقبله الله واسكنه فسيح جناته ونقول: انا لله وانا إليه راجعون, حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل. اللهم آجرنا في مصيبتنا واخلفنا خيرا منها.

كما نعزي شيخ المجاهدين شيخنا الفاضل ( أسامة بن لادن) حفظه الله ونقول له اصبر واحتسب ولا تحزن فكلنا سيوف مشرعة بيدك المباركة. نعم فإننا نعلم ان الخطب عظيم ولكن عزاؤنا ان الرجل نال ما تمنى ( صدق الله فصدقه الله)
وكان شوكة في أعين الصليبيين والرافضة وأعداء الإسلام.

كما نعزي إخواننا في ( تنظيم قاعدة الجهاد في بلاد الرافدين ) على مصابنا ومصابهم, ونقول لهم: إخواننا عهدناكم أقوياء في وجه المحن. ألا فاصبروا واحتسبوا في وجه هذه المحنة ( أحسن الله عزائكم, وعظم الله أجركم وغفر لميتكم ) ان شاء الله.
وليكن دم الشيخ ( رحمه الله) نورا يضيء دربنا, ونارا على أعدائنا, ليكن مصدر قوة لا مصدر ضعف, ولنمت على ما مات عليه من التوحيد والإقدام وحسن الختام نسأل الله ان يجمعنا به في فردوسه الأعلى.

أخيرا: نقول لأعداء الإسلام من الصليبيين والرافضة لا تفرحوا يا أعداء الإسلام, فكل الأمة الإسلامية ( أبو مصعب) إن شاء الله غيرة على الدين وحرمات المسلمين.

وأخر دعوانا أن الحمد لله رب العالمين.

مكتب الأمارة

[Vancouver]

The CentCom public site mentions this posting at Massari's London-based forum:
https://tajdeed.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?threadid=42176
which claims to be the Mujahideen Shurah Council's announcement of the death of Zarqawi. The poster calls himself
محب الجهاد
Muhib al-Jihad

(edit) World News Network is still down.
Jordan has arrested 3 Ikhwan guys in Zarqa, who were there to cash in on the publicity attending the extermination of Zarqawi.

[Vancouver]

Somebody told BBC that the "Sheikh Abdur-rahman" who was killed with Zarqawi was
Abdur-rahman Muhammad Kamal Talibani
I don't know this person. The same source says that Zarqawi's wife and 18-month old son (born in Damascus, he says) were also killed.
Another possible Abdur-rahman I mentioned is Sheikh Abdur-Rahman ibn Salim ash-Shammari. And here is the Arabic for a name which might represent Zarqawi's successor:

أبو أيّوب المصري
Abu Ayoob al-Masri
This name could represent any of numerous long-wanted Qaeda Egyptians. Anyhow nobody knows anything about any Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, so that appears to be just a nom-de-guerre in advance. It's possible that Zarqawi's successor has not been selected yet or, if he has been selected, he is not yet in Iraq.

[stewey]

According to http://counterterrorismblog.org/, here is a picture of Al Masri:

http://counterterrorismblog.org/alMasriPhoto.jpg

[Vancouver]

BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5084336.stm
has the same picture and credits it to the US military.

[Vancouver]

Here's a less formal rendering of "Abu Ayoob al-Masri":
أبو أيوب المصري
Gets a few hits on Google, but nobody seems to know this guy. But it's a good photo and therefore somebody in Egypt (or wherever he's from) might tell the world his real name. "Elmasry" is an actual surname of some people.

[The 801]

Al-Zarqawi's cell phone reportedly yields surprises

Monday, July 3, 2006 Posted: 1138 GMT (1938 HKT)


BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had the phone numbers of senior Iraqi officials stored in his cell phone, according to an Iraqi legislator.

Waiel Abdul-Latif, a member of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's party, said Monday that authorities found the numbers after al-Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, was killed in a U.S. air strike on June 7.

Abdul-Latif did not give names of the officials. But he said they included ministry employees and members of parliament.

He called for an investigation, saying Iraqis "cannot have one hand with the government and another with the terrorists."

Meanwhile, al-Zarqawi's wife told an Italian newspaper that al Qaeda leaders sold him out to the United States in exchange for a promise to let up in the search for Osama bin Laden.

The woman, identified by La Repubblica as al-Zarqawi's first wife, said al Qaeda's top leadership reached a deal with U.S. intelligence because al Zarqawi had become too powerful.

She claimed Sunni tribes and Jordanian secret services mediated the deal.

"My husband has been sold to the Americans," the woman said in an interview published Sunday. "He had become too powerful, too troublesome."

She was identified only as "Um Mohammed," which means "mother of Mohammed" and would be a nickname, not her full name.

The Rome-based newspaper said the interview was conducted in Geneva and described her as Jordanian and about 40 years old.

In Jordan, Al-Zarqawi's eldest brother, Sayel al-Khalayleh, said the family had not been aware of the woman's whereabouts for about two years.

Iraq's national security adviser said Sunday that al-Zarqawi had been buried in a "secret location" in Baghdad despite his family's demand that the body be returned to his native Jordan.

Mouwafak al-Rubaie would not say when the Jordanian-born militant was buried, or give any specifics on the location of the grave.

The U.S. military confirmed the burial but declined to give details.

"The remains of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi were turned over to the appropriate government of Iraq officials and buried in accordance with Muslim customs and traditions," the military said in an e-mailed statement. "Anything further than that would be addressed by the Iraqi government."

Al-Zarqawi's brother demanded that his body be transferred to Jordan, and accused the United States of lying.

"Bush took his body to the United States," al-Khalayleh told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from his home in the Jordanian city of Zarqa.

"Even if he is buried in Iraq, we will continue to ask for the body to be transferred and buried in Jordan," he said. "He should be buried in his own country."

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/03/zarqawi.ap/

Thank god that the NYT's didn't leak this. This is a leak, right?

[rectar]

Necessarily the no published topics cross the position of an opinion.

A position (&#233;lanar) - a voice adherents of the Sunnah and the group.
Lift head and come in Al-Fallujah .

We a people console God in the Islam seek the esteem in God (&#233;dhlna) other.

The statements: a letter from a wife Musab Sheikh father Al-Zarqawi ' ' God have mercy on him ' ' for the world an entirety.


A letter from a wife Musab Sheikh father Al-Zarqawi " God have mercy on him " for the world an entirety.
[ the sale gained a father Musab ... Ire and tired].
In the name of God the Gracious Merciful .
The heat forget " he " revived and " he " deadened...
And the believers matter in fighting... From them and refused and the D... And some what (wallaa) interested (wallam) on the constancy on from the (&#233;lhada) request...
Between and she dropped Rafiaat the degrees... Will not obtain from Al-Abbad except...
The rescuers (&#233;lat) ...
And in counting...

المواضيع المنشورة لا تعبر بالضرورة عن رأي الموقع
موقع الانبـــــار - صوت أهل السنة والجماعة
ارفع رأسك فأنت في الفلوجة
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البيانات (http://www.anbaar.net/modules.php?name=News&file=categories&op=newindex&catid=6): رسالة من زوجة الشيخ أبي مصعب الزرقاوي '' رحمه الله '' للعالم أجمعhttp://www.anbaar.net/images/topics/phpnuke.gif (http://www.anbaar.net/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=7)
رسالة من زوجة الشيخ أبي مصعب الزرقاوي " رحمه الله " للعالم أجمع

[ربح البيع أبا مصعب.. أغظتهم وأتعبتهم حياً وميتاً]

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمدُ لله الذي "هو" أحيا و" هو " الذي أمات..
وأمر المؤمنين بالقتال.. فمنهم من أبى وضلّ.. وقليل ما هم على الثبات والصّلاة والسّلام على من حَرَّضَ على طلب الشّهادة..
وبين أنها منزلة رفيعة الدرجات.. لن ينالها من العباد إلا..
المخلصين الثـقـات..
وبعد..

[Casey]

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NOW:The strip Full Of Sheikh Zarkawi's Video

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In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most MercifulIn the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful


Mujahedeen Shura Council of IraqMujahedeen Shura Council of Iraq


Then fight in Allah\'s cause thou are held responsible only for thyself and rouse the believers. It may be that Allah will restrain the fury of the disbelievers; for Allah is the strongest in might and in punishment (Alnisa’a:84)Then fight in Allah\'s cause thou are held responsible only for thyself and rouse the believers. It may be that Allah will restrain the fury of the disbelievers; for Allah is the strongest in might and in punishment (Alnisa’a:84)


O’ Banner’s holders stand,O ’Banner’s holders stand,
Where are the lions of Anbar?Where are the lions of Anbar?
Where are the lions of Salah Aldeen?Where are the lions of Salah Aldeen?
Where are Baghdad’s men?Where are Baghdad’s men?
Where are the knights of Ninawah and the champions of Dyalah?Where are the knights of Ninawah and the champions of Dyalah?
Where are the courageous of Kurdustan?Where are the courageous of Kurdustan?
Where are you the lions of Monotheism?Where are you the lions of liberal?

Be fully aware of the apostate media sources.Be fully aware of the apostate media sources.


I swear by Allah, that they have nothing with us except the sharp swords, and between them and us will only be the frightened nights.I swear by Allah, that they have nothing with us except the sharp swords, and between them and us will only be the frightened nights.

I swear by Allah that America will be defeated in Iraq.I swear by Allah that America will be defeated in Iraq.

(Anasheed)(Anasheed)

(Field commander is talking):(Field commander is talking) :

As for the developing and manufacturing, the brothers, by the grace of Allah have developed and improved two missiles in Alanbar province in particular.As for the developing and manufacturing, the brothers, by the grace of Allah have developed and improved two missiles in Alanbar province in particular.

(When missile was fired):(When missile was fired) :
Against the make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. (Alanfal:60)Against the make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. (Alanfal:60)

(Anasheed)(Anasheed)


A message for MankindA message for Mankind


(Sheikh Osama)(Sheikh Osama)
I focus this call to the young men of Islam; gather together in fighting the crusades and the Jews, and remember Allah at all times repeatedly, by Allah, it’s either victory or martyrdom. No one will surpass his fate, and he who ever turns out to be a martyr, his sole will freely be flying around the paradise as it wishes, close to the throne of Allah; what a great difference between being near his family and/or near his lord.I focus this call to the young men of Islam; gather together in fighting the crusades and the Jews, and remember Allah at all times repeatedly, by Allah, it's either victory or martyrdom. No one will surpass his fate, and he who ever turns out to be a martyr, his sole will freely be flying around the paradise as it wishes, close to the throne of Allah; what a great difference between being near his family or near his lord.
O’ young men of Islam every where, especially those near the battles, where the obligation is further; O’ young men in Aljazeera, Egypt, and Sham; O’ siblings of Salah Aldeen, O’ knights of Mohammad Alfateh, continue your support to your brothers in Iraq, whereby the gravest of the wars is continues, and its fire is on the rise, the crusades have invaded them, killed thousands of them, and abducted thousands, whishing to eliminate them. And they are instead, by the grace of Allah, fighting the crusades patiently, giving up all they’ve got for the sake of Allah and in order to defend themselves. May Allah be with them and those who support them.O ’young men of Islam every where, especially those near the battles, where the obligation is further; O’ young men in Aljazeera, Egypt, and Sham; O ’siblings of Salah Aldeen, O’ knights of Mohammad Alfateh, continue your support to your brothers in Iraq, whereby the gravest of the wars is continues, and its fire is on the rise, the crusades have invaded them, killed thousands of them, and abducted thousands, whishing to eliminate them. And they are instead, by the grace of Allah, fighting the crusades patiently, giving up all they’ve got for the sake of Allah and in order to defend themselves. May Allah be with them and those who support them.

(sheikh Abu Musaab)(Sheikh Abu Musaab)
All praise be to Allah granting might to his religion with his victory, lowering the infidels with his supremacy. Sorting circumstances by his order; Plotting for the disbelievers with his arrangement; He who alternated the days with his divine justice.All praise be to Allah granting might to his religion with his victory, lowering the infidels with his supremacy. Sorting circumstances by his order; Inc. for the disbelievers with his arrangement; He who alternated the days with his divine justice.
And peace be upon who Allah raised the minaret of Islam with his sword.And peace be upon who Allah raised the minaret of Islam with his sword.

My treasured nation,My treasured nation,
I am conversing to you not with falsehoods, hoping to find with you open ears and prudent hearts, for the honest man does not deceive his family.I am conversing to you not with falsehoods, hoping to find with you open ears and prudent hearts, for the honest man does not deceive his family.

The crusade enemy, when invaded Iraq, meant to control this nation and reinforce the Zionist state, from the Nile to the Euphrates. However, Allah granted your sons the Mujahedeen by standing firm before the strongest crusaders attack to the Islamic land.The crusade enemy, when invaded Iraq, meant to control this nation and reinforce the state codes, from the Nile to the Euphrates. However, Allah granted your sons the Mujahedeen by standing firm before the strongest crusaders attack to the Islamic land.
They stood strong against this attack for over three years, disbursing their soles and their wealth. They stood against this massive military, media, and economical attack not for anything except to defend you, your religion, your sons, and your honor.They stood strong against this attack for over three years, disbursing their soles and their wealth. They stood against this massive military, media, and economical attack not for anything except to defend you, your religion, your sons, and your honor.
Allah dispersed the enemies’ gathering and their defeat became clearer to who ever has eyesight and prudent heart.Allah dispersed the enemies ’gathering and their defeat became clearer to who ever has eyesight and prudent heart.
Here are your sons, by the grace of Allah, indulging into one battle after another, and attack after attack; they by the will of Allah hold the upper hand in the battle field now.Here are your sons, by the grace of Allah, indulging into one battle after another, and attack after attack; they by the will of Allah hold the upper hand in the battle field now.

If it wasn’t for the continuous and ongoing media muting, you would’ve seen the astonishing. By Allah it’s the championships and the victories coming to us, and you my nation should thank Allah for this great bounty, that Allah prepared a group of your sons the Mujahedeen defending you and protecting your honor, otherwise the Sunnah in Iraq would’ve been in between a revulsion crusade and a betraying Shiite. And the women of the Sunnah would’ve been on the laps of the revulsion crusades and the betraying Shiites; Abu Ghraib and the interior ministry jails remain memorable.If it was not for the continuous and ongoing media muting, you would’ve seen the astonishing. By Allah it's the championships and the victories coming to us, and you my nation should thank Allah for this great bounty, that Allah prepared a group of your sons the Mujahedeen defending you and protecting your honor, otherwise the Sunnah in Iraq would’ve been in between a revulsion crusade and a betraying Shiite. And the women of the Sunnah would’ve been on the laps of the revulsion crusades and the betraying Shiites; Abu Ghraib and the interior ministry jails remain memorable.

My treasured nation,My treasured nation,
We are in Iraq a stone throw from the Masjed Alaqsa, we fight in Iraq and our eyes are on Alqsa which will never be freed except with a guiding Quraan and a prevailing sword; “but enough is thy Lord to guide and to help” (Alforqan:31)We are in Iraq a stone throw from the Masjed Alaqsa, we fight in Iraq and our eyes are on Alqsa which will never be freed except with a guiding Quraan and a prevailing sword, "but enough is thy Lord to guide and to help" (Alforqan:31)

The history and experience had showed that you have no one after Allah except your Mujahedeen sons; they are your protection, your strong shield, and your beating heart. They become happy to your happiness and sad to your sadness; they stay up all night for your protection and have jealousy for you. Their hearts burst in sorrow for your state, and their tongues never stop chanting: O’ Allah elevate the state of humiliation and defeat away from my nation, O’ Allah bring back victory to my nation.The history and experience had showed that you have no one after Allah except your Mujahedeen sons; they are your protection, your strong shield, and your beating heart. They become happy to your happiness and sad to your sadness; they stay up all night for your protection and have jealousy for you. Their hearts burst in sorrow for your state, and their tongues never stop chanting : O ’Allah elevate the state of humiliation and defeat away from my nation, O’ Allah bring back victory to my nation.

As for the American administration, and to its chairman the cross banner’s holder Bush, we say to him and to whoever is swimming in his space from the Jews and the crusades and form the Shiites and others, we say that you will never be safe in the Islamic land, and by Allah you will never feel secured so long we still have a beating nerve and a moving eyelash.As for the American administration, and to its chairman the cross banner’s holder Bush, we say to him and to whoever is swimming in his space from the Jews and the crusades and form the Shiites and others, we say that you will never be safe in the Islamic land, and by Allah you will never feel secured so long we still have a beating nerve and a moving eyelash.
Previously, our leader Osama Bin Laden may Allah protect him, had offered you a long truce. It could’ve been better for you and those who are with you if you’d have accepted, but your arrogance pushed you to refuse. Here you are today, running from east to west trying to find solutions “will not stand except as stands one whom the evil one by his touch hath driven to madness” (Albaqarah:275). You turned to be a grave liar, betraying your own people that everything is under control, and then soon everyone finds out about your lies and so on. You became like the one who’s treating himself from alcohol by alcohol. You were never at any time truthful with yourself or your people, although it’s found some truth in your great grandparents you are fully detached from.Previously, our leader Osama Bin Laden may Allah protect him, had offered you a long truce. It could’ve been better for you and those who are with you if you’d have accepted, but your arrogance pushed you to refuse. Here you are today, running from east to west trying to find solutions "will not stand except as stands one whom the evil one by his touch hath driven to madness" (Albaqarah:275). You turned to be a grave liar, betraying your own people that everything is under control, and then soon everyone finds out about your lies and so on. You became like the one who's treating himself from alcohol by alcohol. You were never at any time truthful with yourself or your people, although it's found some truth in your great grandparents you are fully detached from.
Why don’t you show the truth about your soldiers and their inferior state of struggle?Why do not you show the truth about your soldiers and their inferior state of struggle?
Why don’t you tell your people about the continuous suicides amongst your soldiers?Why do not you tell your people about the continuous suicides amongst your soldiers?
Why don’t you tell your people that your soldiers can never go to sleep unless they take the hallucinating and drugging pills? So they become like cattle driven by your war generals, the Neozionists, to the killing fate.Why do not you tell your people that your soldiers can never go to sleep unless they take the hallucinating and drugging pills? So they become like cattle driven by your war generals, the Neozionists, to the killing fate.
Why don’t you tell your people about the congregational escape and the defiance among your troops?Why do not you tell your people about the congregational escape and the defiance among your troops?

Listen you grave liar and insolent one; your dreams will never come true, our blood and bodies are between you and your imaginings. And what is coming your way is much greater than what passed by the will of Allah.Listen you grave liar and insolent one; your dreams will never come true, our blood and bodies are between you and your imaginings. And what is coming your way is much greater than what passed by the will of Allah.

The game of rotten democracy that you brought to Iraq, after you gave hope to people about freedom, happiness, and the economical/personal security; all of these lies went with the winds and will never come back by the will of Allah.The game of rotten democracy that you brought to Iraq, after you gave hope to people about freedom, happiness, and the economical/personal security; all of these lies went with the winds and will never come back by the will of Allah.

There we see you today, trying with all what you got to bring together the clusters, the parties, the partners from your tails to bring about a handicapped government that it might pull you out from your crucial pitfall.There we see you today, trying with all what you got to bring together the clusters, the parties, the partners from your tails to bring about a handicapped government that it might pull you out from your crucial pitfall.

We believe that any government you place in Iraq, whether be it from the betrayal Shiites or Zionist Kurds, or your tails from the Sunnah; it will only be an apostate government that will aid the crusades, and it came only to be a poisoned dagger stabbed in the heart of the Islamic Nation.We believe that any government you place in Iraq, whether be it from the betrayal Shiites or Kurds codes, or your tails from the Sunnah; it will only be an apostate government that will aid the crusades, and it came only to be a poisoned dagger stabbed in the heart of the Islamic Nation.

America learned today that its planes, tanks, momentous troops, and its tails from the Shiites army will never be able to finalize the battle with Mujahedeen. Therefore, it’s trying to surround the Jehad by pushing its tails from those who are counted to Sunnah, those who accepted to play the role and be a rope that tightens around the Sunnah’s necks and pull the Americans from their defeat. They used those who use the Islamic slogans as a mask to spread their masters’ propaganda on the importance of organizing the military and the police, and confuse the Muslims with their mixed messages injecting poison in honey, forgetting intentionally or not that every occupier through out history used a cover up face from the occupied to use them in order to establish a solid base and embezzle the wealth of the country and its people.America learned today that its planes, tanks, momentous troops, and its tails from the Shiites army will never be able to finalize the battle with Mujahedeen. Therefore, it's trying to surround the Jehad by pushing its tails from those who are counted to Sunnah, those who accepted to play the role and be a rope that tightens around the Sunnah’s necks and pull the Americans from their defeat. They used those who use the Islamic slogans as a mask to spread their masters ’propaganda on the importance of organizing the military and the police, and confuse the Muslims with their mixed messages injecting poison in honey, forgetting intentionally or not that every occupier through out history used a cover up face from the occupied to use them in order to establish a solid base and embezzle the wealth of the country and its people.
Allah has said: “And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them” (5:51)Allah has said : "And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them" (5:51)
That is by constituting for this life and the hereafter.That is by constituting for this life and the hereafter.
And Allah has said: “for Pharaoh and Haman and (all) their hosts were Men of sin” (28:8)And Allah has said : "for Pharaoh and Haman and (all) their hosts were Men of sin" (28:8)

Therefore, we repeat our warning to whoever is trying to reorganize and spread the military and the police forces, which was established only to be a tool for the occupier in their bigger plan, and to implement laws other than the law of Allah.Therefore, we repeat our warning to whoever is trying to reorganize and spread the military and the police forces, which was established only to be a tool for the occupier in their bigger plan, and to implement laws other than the law of Allah.
Be extremely aware, those who join these apostate forces have nothing with us except the sharp swords, and between them and us will be nothing except grave days and nights.Be extremely aware, those who join these apostate forces have nothing with us except the sharp swords, and between them and us will be nothing except grave days and nights.
Allah has said;” Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who reject faith fight in the cause of evil: so fight ye against the friends of Satan: feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan” (4:76)Allah has said, "Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who reject faith fight in the cause of evil : so fight ye against the friends of Satan : feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan" (4:76)

Having said the previous, and having mentioned the defeat of the enemy and his paraphernalia. The enemy is trying today to seduce two kinds of people to the alleged parliamentary game to harvest the fruits of the Mujahedeen whom only trying to make the word of Allah prevails.Having said the previous, and having mentioned the defeat of the enemy and his paraphernalia. The enemy is trying today to seduce two kinds of people to the alleged parliamentary game to harvest the fruits of the Mujahedeen whom only trying to make the word of Allah prevails.
The first kind of which is the one trying to attach oneself with the Mujahedeen, although they never lived the Mujahedeen life nor they ever supported them at the occupation time. The second of which is those who had at the beginning the honor of fighting the crusades, however what counts is the end; their efforts won’t be accepted by the law of Islam unless they strive with action to make the word of Allah prevails, using what Allah lawfully guided us with, the clean means, not by using evil parliaments striving to have the word of Allah mixed with other man made constitutions and laws. The aim does not justify the means here.The first kind of which is the one trying to attach oneself with the Mujahedeen, although they never lived the Mujahedeen life nor they ever supported them at the occupation time. The second of which is those who had at the beginning the honor of fighting the crusades, however what counts is the end; their efforts won’t be accepted by the law of Islam unless they strive with action to make the word of Allah prevails, using what Allah lawfully guided us with, the clean means, not by using evil parliaments striving to have the word of Allah mixed with other man made constitutions and laws. The aim does not justify the means here.
Although these two kinds, and whoever follows their footsteps, allege that they are trying with these parliaments to implement the law of Allah. However, the actions and the historical experiences oppose their myth. Anyone that is following the political map in Iraq knows that the majority of the parliaments’ members are from the Shiites and the atheists of Kurds and Sunnah, not to mention those of the mixed motion believes. Therefore, the heavy side in the balance of the parliaments will always be in the hand of evil.Although these two kinds, and whoever follows their footsteps, allege that they are trying with these parliaments to implement the law of Allah. However, the actions and the historical experiences oppose their myth. Anyone that is following the political map in Iraq knows that the majority of the parliaments ’members are from the Shiites and the atheists of Kurds and Sunnah, not to mention those of the mixed motion believes. Therefore, the heavy side in the balance of the parliaments will always be in the hand of evil.
Allah has said: “beware of them lest they beguile thee from any of that (teaching) which Allah hath sent down to thee” (5:49)Allah has said : "Buyer of them lest they beguile thee from any of that (teaching) which Allah hath sent down to thee" (5:49)

And Allah has said: “Fast thou not turned thy vision to those who declare that they believe in the revelations that have come to thee and to those before thee? their (real) wish is to resort together for judgment (in their disputes) to the evil one, though they were ordered to reject him but Satan\'s wish is to lead them astray far away (from the right” (4:60)And Allah has said : "Fast thou not turned thy vision to those who declare that they believe in the revelations that have come to thee and to those before thee? Their (real) wish is to resort together for judgment (in their disputes) to the evil one, though they were ordered to reject him but Satan\'s wish is to lead them astray far away (from the right "(4:60)


As for you patient truthful Mujahedeen, may Allah accept from you and us the best of deeds, and may Allah bless your Jehad. You were able by the will of Allah and his support to stop this crusades’ attack and you’ve bounded him with injuries. Thus, continue your Jehad and operations, and elevate your hits, it’s only the sign of victory and it’s the last breath of the cross worshipers in the land of two rivers. The low fighting self-esteem of the crusades’ soldiers is an only obvious sign in Iraq. Therefore, renew your intentions, and correct yourselves, and carry on together against your enemy. Your enemy is uncovered, by the will of Allah, weakened, unprotected, and broken in pieces. Do not give him a chance to take its breath, continue your stabbings one after the other, O’ Banner’s holders stand,As for you patient truthful Mujahedeen, may Allah accept from you and us the best of deeds, and may Allah blessés your Jehad. You were able by the will of Allah and his support to stop this crusades ’attack and you’ve bounded him with injuries. Thus, continue your Jehad and operations, and elevate your hits, it's only the sign of victory and it's the last breath of the cross worshipers in the land of two rivers. The low fighting self-esteem of the crusades ’soldiers is an only obvious sign in Iraq. Therefore, renew your intentions, and correct yourselves, and carry on together against your enemy. Your enemy is uncovered, by the will of Allah, weakened, unprotected, and broken in pieces. Do not give him a chance to take its breath, continue your stabbings one after the other, O ’Banner’s holders stand,
Where’s are the lions of Anbar?Where’s are the lions of Anbar?
Where are the lions of Salah Aldeen?Where are the lions of Salah Aldeen?
Where are Baghdad’s men?Where are Baghdad’s men?
Where are the knights of Ninawah and the champions of Dyalah?Where are the knights of Ninawah and the champions of Dyalah?
Where are the courageous of Kurdustan?Where are the courageous of Kurdustan?
Where are you the lions of Monotheism?Where are you the lions of liberal?
O’ siblings of Khaled and Muthananh, Saad and Meqdad and Salah Aldeen.O ’siblings of Khaled and Muthananh, Saad and Meqdad and Salah Aldeen.
Where are the immigrants? Where are the supporters?Where are the immigrants? Where are the supporters?
Where are the people of Surat Altawbah and Alanfal?Where are the people of Surat and Altawbah Alanfal?
Where are the people of Alfath and Alqital?Where are the people of Alfath and Alqital?

O’ leaders of this nation; who is for the crying women, who is for the jailed dignified women, who is for the purified women in the jails of the Shiites.O ’leaders of this nation; who is crying for the women, who is jailed for the dignified women, who is purified for the women in the jails of the Shiites.
O’ Allah, there is no life except the life of the hereafter, O’ Allah grant victory to immigrants and their supporters.’O Allah, there is no life except the life of the hereafter,’ O Allah grant victory to immigrants and their supporters.

Be very aware from the embezzlers, with their masters the crusades, trying to surround you. Be aware and extremely aware from putting down your weapons, and then you will harvest nothing but the defeat, beat and crush in this life and the hereafter.Be very aware from the embezzlers, with their masters the crusades, trying to surround you. Be aware and extremely aware from putting down your weapons, and then you will harvest nothing but the defeat, beat and crush in this life and the hereafter.
You were always supplicating to Allah day and night to ease the way for you to join the Jehad in Afghanistan and Chechnya or other places. After that, Allah chose you for the trade of Jehad at your own land, and opened for you the doors of paradise. Be extremely aware of closing these blessed doors, be aware “And be not like a woman who breaks into untwisted strands the yarn which she has spun, after it has become strong”(16:92)You were always supplicating to Allah day and night to ease the way for you to join the Jehad in Afghanistan and Chechnya or other places. After that, Allah chose you for the trade of Jehad at your own land, for you and opened the doors of paradise. Be extremely aware of these blessed closing doors, be aware "And be not like a woman who breaks into untwisted strands the Basel which she has spun, after it has become strong”(16:92)

Do not let the trade of Jehad depart your land; otherwise you will be disgraced and you’ll be only ruled by the scum; “they set you hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons and let your women folk live” (2:49)Do not let the trade of Jehad depart your land; otherwise you will be disgraced and you'll be ruled only by the scum, "they set you hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons and let your women folk live" (2:49)

“If ye turn back (from the Path), He will substitute in your stead another people; then they would not be like you” (47:38)"If ye turn back (from the Path), He will substitute in your stead another people; then they would not be like you" (47:38)

Finally, I glad tied the nation by establishing the Mujahedeen Shura Council of Iraq, which will be by the grace and will of Allah as the kernel for the establishment of an Islamic State, in which, the word of Allah prevails. All praise be to Allah, the efforts are being joined, and the hands are being extended and shaken for the obedience of Allah and his messenger and the Jehad in the cause of Allah. And this Council will be, by the will of Allah, an umbrella for every truthful Mujahed. I am honored to be one member of this blessed Council under its blessed leadership. At the same time remaining the Ameer ( leader) of the Alqaeda Organization in the land of two rivers ( Iraq).Finally, I tied glad the nation by establishing the Mujahedeen Shura Council of Iraq, which will be by the grace and will of Allah as the kernel for the establishment of an Islamic State, in which, the word of Allah prevails. All praise be to Allah, the efforts are being joined, and the hands are being extended and shaken for the obedience of Allah and his messenger and the Jehad in the cause of Allah. And this Council will be, by the will of Allah, an umbrella for every truthful Mujahed. I am honored to be one member of this blessed Council under its blessed leadership. At the same time the remaining Ameer (leader) of the Alqaeda Organization in the land of two rivers (Iraq).

The servant of Jehad and Mujahedeen, glorifying Allah, your brother Abu Musaab Alzarqawi.The servant of Jehad and Mujahedeen, glorifying Allah, your brother Abu Musaab Alzarqawi.
Friday, 23 Rabii Awal 1427,Friday, 23 Rabii Awal 1427,
April 21, 2006.April 21, 2006.

All praise be to Allah.All praise be to Allah.

(Anasheed)(Anasheed)


(One of the commanders in Anbar speaking)(One of the commanders in Anbar speaking)

In the name of Allah the most gracious the most merciful, and peace be upon our prophet Muhammad his family and companions.In the name of Allah the most gracious the most merciful, and peace be upon our prophet Muhammad his family and companions.

I welcome our beloved sheikh in the land of Anbar, the land of Jehad. And we ask Allah to keep it a thorn in the eyes of the disbelievers.I welcome our beloved sheikh in the land of Anbar, the land of Jehad. And we ask Allah to keep it a thorn in the eyes of the disbelievers.

I would like to inform about the great victory in the battles of Ramadi, killing many of the disbelievers and taking over the center and headquarter of the infidels.I would like to inform about the great victory in the battles of Ramadi, killing many of the disbelievers and taking over the center and headquarter of the infidels.
Taking over the city for several days, preventing the crusades from even coming near it.Taking over the city for several days, preventing the crusades from even coming near it.
And this operation was a clear message against the visit by the infidels’ ambassadors ( Rice and Straw).And this operation was a clear message against the visit by the infidels ’ambassadors (Rice and Straw).
In general, the self esteem of the Mujahedeen is high, in opposite to the infidels whom are always in continuous deterioration.In general, the self esteem of the Mujahedeen is high, in opposite to the infidels whom are always in continuous deterioration.

As for the developing and manufacturing, the brothers, by the grace of Allah have developed and improved two missiles in Alanbar province in particular.As for the developing and manufacturing, the brothers, by the grace of Allah have developed and improved two missiles in Alanbar province in particular.
, that will be used soon, one has the ability to travel 40km with a 50kg warhead, here’s a picture of it…, That will be used soon, one has the ability to travel 40 km with a 50 kg warhead, here’s a picture of it ...

Then fight in Allah\'s cause thou are held responsible only for thyself and rouse the believers. It may be that Allah will restrain the fury of the disbelievers; for Allah is the strongest in might and in punishment (Alnisa’a:84)Then fight in Allah\'s cause thou are held responsible only for thyself and rouse the believers. It may be that Allah will restrain the fury of the disbelievers; for Allah is the strongest in might and in punishment (Alnisa’a:84)

And the other is anti armored vehicles, is carried on the shoulder and has been internally modified to penetrate armored vehicles, and here’s a picture of it.And the other is anti armored vehicles, is carried on the shoulder and has been internally modified to penetrate armored vehicles, and here’s a picture of it.


(Anasheed)(Anasheed)

فبما رحمة من الله لنت لهم ولو كنت فظا غليظ القلب لانفضوا من حولك فاعف عنهم واستغفر لهم وشاورهم في الأمر فإذا عزمت فتوكل على الله إن الله يحب المتوكلين}Since the mercy of God Lint them if I stick side of the heart to dissent around you Vav them and Astgfr them and Emir If the matter resolved maturity to God that God loves Almtoklin)

“It is part of the mercy of Allah that dost deal gently with them. Wert thou severe or harsh hearted, they would have broken away from about thee: so pass over (their faults), and ask for (Allah\'s) forgiveness them in affairs (of moment). Then when thou hast taken a decision, put thy trust in Allah. For Allah loves those who put their trust (in him” (3:159)"It is part of the mercy of Allah that dost deal gently with them. Wert thou severe or harsh hearted, they would have broken away from about thee : so pass over (their faults), and ask for forgiveness (Allah\'s) them in affairs (of moment). Then when thou hast taken a decision, put thy trust in Allah. For Allah loves those who put their trust (in him "(3:159)

{إن ينصركم الله فلا غالب لكم وإن يخذلكم فمن ذا الذي ينصركم من بعده وعلى الله فليتوكل المؤمنون}(If Allah is your helper none can overcome you and Ikhzlkm Who helps him and in God Vlitokl believers)
If Allah helps you, non can overcome you: if he forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? in God, then, let believers put their trust (3:160)If Allah helps you, non can overcome you : if he forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? In God, then, let believers put their trust (3:160)

Sheikh Ayman Alzahahre’s voice:Sheikh Ayman Alzahahre’s voice :
O’ Islamic Nation, the turf of Iraq now is the most dangerous field of Jehad in this century. Therefore, the nation must support the courageous Mujahedeen that are fighting in the very forefront defending the honor of Islam and its dignity.O ’Islamic Nation, the turf of Iraq now is the most dangerous field of Jehad in this century. Therefore, the nation must support the courageous Mujahedeen that are fighting in the very forefront defending the honor of Islam and its dignity.


(Anasheed)(Anasheed)


Sheikh Abu Musaab: by Allah, American will be defeated in Iraq, by the will of Allah, and it’ll leave Iraq humiliated, crushed, and defeated by the will of Allah.Sheikh Abu Musaab : by Allah, American will be defeated in Iraq, by the will of Allah, and it’ll leave Iraq humiliated, Amber procedure - Notification, and defeated by the will of Allah.


Do not forget us from your supplications.Do not forget us from your supplications.

Your brothers in the Media Committee.Your brothers in the Media Committee.

[Casey]

al-Zarqawi founded Jund al-Sham in 1999 made up primarily of Syrians and Palestinians.

al-Zarqawi went on to establish the al-Tawhid group first seen in Iraq.


The establishment of a Jund al-Tawhid
http://wincoast.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82953&highlight=Jund

and

Tawhid and Jihad in Palestine
http://wincoast.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82951

previously

Jund al-Sham
http://wincoast.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2286&highlight=Jund