A 9:19 minute video speech allegedly orated by Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi, a âresponsible figureâ in the Sharia Committee of al-Qaeda in Iraq, titled: âOur Battle - Loyalty and Innocence,â issued today, September 21, 2005, clarifies a segment of Abu Musab al-Zarqawiâs speech from September 14. Baghdadi focuses upon a claim that Zarqawi, when declaring war upon those Shiâites who followed the Iraqi government, had also threatened Sunnis with death if they went to vote on the constitution. He deems this as âpure lies and inventionâ and emphasizes that the Muslim Sunnis are the âsons of al-Qaeda whose blood was shed on the Land of Two Rivers (Iraq)â and are their people.Abu Hamza al-Baghdad also makes three points in this regard, stating: groups that ascribe these âliesâ to Zarqawi should listen to the entire speech, not just parts of it; Zarqawi never threatened the Sunnis and reiterates that their path is to âfight all the crusaders and malicious Rafidites [derogatory term for Shiâites] who allied themselves with the infidels and helped them fight against the Muslims; and demarcates a division between an Iraq and non-Iraqi, believing that the latter is one who fled combat to live among âtyrants.â Further, according to this logic, Baghdadi avers that Zarqawi is âinfinitely more an Iraqiâ than people such as Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari.