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| Zarqawi sez al-Qaeda victory in Fallujah is on the horizon | |
| 2004-11-12 | |
The voice sounded like that on earlier tapes attributed to al-Zarqawi. The statement was peppered with verses from the Quran and poetry, typical of recordings linked to al-Zarqawi. The statement appeared as American and Iraqi soldiers pushed deeper into the southern reaches of Fallujah, cornering militants being backed into smaller pockets of the city, on the fourth day of an offensive launched in part to clear out militants linked to the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi. The link to the five-minute tape was posted by an individual who signed himself Abu Maysarah al-Iraqi, known as the media coordinator of al-Zarqawi's group, al-Qaeda of Jihad in Iraq. In an unusual written introduction, al-Iraqi said the recording was "short and hasty" because of the "grave" circumstances. A longer statement would follow in which al-Qaeda strategy would be outlined, al-Iraqi said. Also Friday, another well-known Iraqi militant group, Ansar al-Sunnah Army, claimed in a statement on its Web site to have joined forces with al-Zarqawi's group and the Islamic Army in Iraq, which claimed responsibility for kidnapping two French journalists who remain missing. Ansar al-Sunnah Army claimed to have carried out a "joint operation" with the two groups in Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad. | |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #9 Zarqawi sez al-Qaeda victory in Fallujah is on the horizon Oh wait.....Zarqawi is morphing into......Baghdad Bob!! |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-12 10:49:52 PM |
| #8 Thanks Michael. I will forward your posting to one of my best friends whose son in somewhere in the Arabian/Persian Gulf. I am not a religious person but I have to say today: God Bless people like you and all the brave soldiers fighting this war so that her son and my only son can look forward to a future without fear of being killed just because of what they are; Americans!!! |
| Posted by: Anonymous4724 2004-11-12 10:38:06 PM |
| #7 Michael, please forward all these to Major Chris. Many thanks to him and his. Now, just delete all those damn towel-heads! |
| Posted by: USN, retired 2004-11-12 4:59:06 PM |
| #6 Thank you Michael, plus what CrazyFool said. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-11-12 2:59:06 PM |
| #5 Thanks Michael, And God bless Major [deleted] and keep him and his safe. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-11-12 2:44:04 PM |
| #4 Thanks for sharing, Michael. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-11-12 2:39:19 PM |
| #3 I just received this email form a friend at Camp Pendleton. I will take the name and unit off to protect the privacy of the sender. Subject: News from the war Hi Everyone, I am here in Fallujah and well. I have been forward for the last 36 hours or so and am back now in our camp for a bit before heading back out to the forward command post. We are doing well...only 6 KIA and 68 WIA so far from our regiment. 7th Marines on our flank has taken some pretty good losses but we are killing the enemy in droves. They are hiding in houses that are heavily fortified and we just destroy the house with a tank shot or a bomb or missile. There is no negotiating or surrender for those guys. If we see the position and positively ID them as bad guys, we strike. When they run, we call it maneuver and we strike them too. Why? Yesterday the muj attacked an ambulance carrying our wounded. The attackers were hunted down and killed without quarter. These guys want to be martyrs.....we're helping. Don't hear a lot of this on the news huh? Fox News is doing a pretty good job over here so stick with them for coverage. This is the only way this place can ever be safe. And in the midst of all this we're helping to restore power and protect and feed and evacuate the ordinary citizens of Fallujah.....although most left the city as soon as the muj moved in. And today is the Marine Corps's 229th birthday. It is only fitting that we are engaged in combat and serving our country today . The beer, cake and steaks will flow once we're all done. As the Regiment's S-4, it's one of my ! > responsibilities to see that they get just that. But for now it's chow and water and fuel and ammo.....lots of ammo. My thoughts are with all of you and thanks for keeping us in your prayers.....I'm sure God is around here somewhere, above all of this...keeping an eye on things and protecting the just and the angels.....that's what our KIAs are referred to as.....but we all hope he turns a blind eye on the muj and their false beliefs as we find them and kill them. And I'm just here doing my job. Chris Major [deleted] 1st Marine Division Camp Fallujah, Iraq |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-11-12 1:47:51 PM |
| #2 By now, Allah must be scraping the bottom of the barrel for virgins. Maybe 72 Cro-Magnon or Austropithicus virgins or something. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-11-12 1:32:35 PM |
| #1 he can't see the Fallujah horizon from the hole he's hiding in , in Tehran |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-12 1:30:25 PM |