Just posting this in case anyone missed it in the news.
Wednesday, July 7, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A previously unknown militant group in Iraq is threatening to kill the most-wanted terror suspect in that country: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
The Arabic-language TV network Al-Arabiya said it received a taped statement from an organization that calls itself the Rescue Group warning al-Zarqawi and his followers to leave Iraq or face the consequences.
One masked militant read a statement denouncing the actions by al-Zarqawi and his followers as hurtful to Iraq, particularly the kidnapping of foreigners.
The group has called for the killing of the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi if he doesn't leave Iraq.
Coalition officials blame al-Zarqawi for dozens of attacks on coalition forces and Iraqi civilians. The United States recently raised the bounty on his head to $25 million.
Al-Zarqawi is also believed to be behind the beheading of two hostages in Iraq, an American and a South Korean.
This is a tough one. On the one hand, it's good to see that even some of Iraq's bad-ass militants don't approve of al-Zarqawi. On the other hand, it's a militant group declaring war against another militant group, which can never be good. It's been a week since the article was posted on CNN, but I haven't heard of any follow up to it.
--brad
Wednesday, July 7, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A previously unknown militant group in Iraq is threatening to kill the most-wanted terror suspect in that country: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
The Arabic-language TV network Al-Arabiya said it received a taped statement from an organization that calls itself the Rescue Group warning al-Zarqawi and his followers to leave Iraq or face the consequences.
One masked militant read a statement denouncing the actions by al-Zarqawi and his followers as hurtful to Iraq, particularly the kidnapping of foreigners.
The group has called for the killing of the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi if he doesn't leave Iraq.
Coalition officials blame al-Zarqawi for dozens of attacks on coalition forces and Iraqi civilians. The United States recently raised the bounty on his head to $25 million.
Al-Zarqawi is also believed to be behind the beheading of two hostages in Iraq, an American and a South Korean.
This is a tough one. On the one hand, it's good to see that even some of Iraq's bad-ass militants don't approve of al-Zarqawi. On the other hand, it's a militant group declaring war against another militant group, which can never be good. It's been a week since the article was posted on CNN, but I haven't heard of any follow up to it.
--brad
I mean, that group is doing a fine job at it.