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Iraq-Jordan
Zarqawi sez he boomed US troops near Fallujah
2004-09-07
Suspected Al-Qaeda operative Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi's group claimed a car bombing that killed seven US soldiers and three Iraqi national guards, along with the downing of an unmanned drone, according to a videotape obtained by AFP. Two men bravely wearing in black hoods, gripping automatic weapons, sat on a rug with debris from the drone, with the name of the Jordanian-born Zarqawi's group Tawhid wal Jihad (Unity and Holy War) written on a piece of its wing. "Your courageous brothers from the Faruq Brigade of Tawhid wal Jihad gunned down two drones south of Fallujah and they also detonated a car bomb in Saqlawiya north of Fallujah that resulted in the killing of more than 30 ulouj (leeches)," one said, using a derogatory term for Westerner. "God is greatest. Glory to God his messenger and their believers," the hooded man said. One of the men, identified as Abu Abdul Rahman, said he shot down the two drones Monday night with his Kalashnikov, but the US marines reported losing only one of the aircraft.

Earlier, a group identifying itself as Tawhid wal Jihad claimed attacks on US forces and Iraqi police on an Islamic website. One of the statements, dated Monday, claimed members of the group "led a martyr operation against a group of soldiers of the American tyrant and apostate mercenaries of the Iraqi army... killing more than 10." The second, dated Sunday, claimed "two martyr operations against elements of the Iraqi police and American army in Latifiya, south of the capital... killing more than 50 and wounding more than 60." The statements were signed by "the military branch of the Tawhid wal Jihad" group and posted on the website www.ansarnet.ws/vb. Their authenticity could not be verified. Neither claim detailed when the operations took place. On Sunday, 12 Iraqi policemen were killed in a raid in the town of Latifiya during which some 500 Iraqis suspected of links with insurgents groups were arrested.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#2  Not to be a cynic, and bow down before Jihadi Joe's press releases, but....his carbombings seem closer to home. We are closing on him.

As soon as you Merkins finish your strategic (electoral) pause, we can gut their network.

As far as UAVs, um, well, that's what they are for.
Posted by: Anonymous6212   2004-09-07 3:56:58 PM  

#1  "God is greatest. Glory to God his messenger and their believers," the hooded man said.

So twisted, so sick.
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-09-07 11:11:48 AM  

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