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WAR: Al-Zarqawis Group in Iraq Changes Name

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posted on Oct, 19 2004 @ 08:30 PM
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Just days after swearing allegiance to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida, the Tawhid and Jihad, have changed their name. The two groups led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, one of the most wanted terrorists in the world with a $25 million dollar bounty on his head are now known as al-Qaida of Jihad in the Land of Two Rivers.

 



abcnews.go.com
CAIRO, Egypt Oct. 19, 2004 � Tawhid and Jihad, the Iraqi militant group of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, apparently has changed its name two days after announcing its merger with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida organization.

An Internet statement released Tuesday under the purported new name, al-Qaida of Jihad in the Land of Two Rivers, claimed responsibility for an attack on a U.S. military convoy west of the Iraqi city of Fallujah the same day. The two rivers in the new name refers to the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in Iraq.

Witnesses in Habaniyah, west of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, reported seeing three American Humvees burning, but the U.S. military didn't comment on the alleged attack.

"A lion from the martyrdom brigades � plowed into an American convoy that had entered Habaniyah," said the statement. The authenticity of the statement could not be independently verified.




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The reference is to the two main rivers in Iraq, the Euphrates and Tigris. The newly named group has claimed responsibility for attacking a U.S. military convoy near the city of Falluja. While U.S. military had no comment on the incident witnesses reported 3 HUMVEES burning.



posted on Oct, 19 2004 @ 09:26 PM
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Well as bin-laden starts to fade out of the picture, we now are looking at the next "enemy number one" but remember he is now powerful thanks to the invasion in Iraq. And what is bothers me is that he is not even Iraqi he is actualy from palestinian parents.



posted on Oct, 19 2004 @ 10:24 PM
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Originally posted by marg6043
And what is bothers me is that he is not even Iraqi he is actualy from palestinian parents.


And Arafat is Egyptian. These men move in on regions of turmoil hoping to establish their own little route to power. People like this can be found anywhere that is undergoing great (and usually violent) change. I know that if you could, some of you would probably blame the Bush administration for Arafat as well, but this says more of third world (usually religious fundamentalist) cultures, than anything else.



posted on Oct, 19 2004 @ 10:41 PM
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Well, thanks Zarqawi, he just justified partially the invasion of Iraq. Now we can say that Al-Qaeda WAS present there!


-wD



posted on Oct, 19 2004 @ 10:49 PM
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Tawhid and Jihad, the Iraqi militant group of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, apparently has changed its name two days after announcing its merger with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida organization.



Odd, its has been claimed for months now that Zarqawi was one of UBL's top lieutenants. This announcements suggests that he actually was not and therefore a new terrorist group spawned by the attack on Iraq.



posted on Oct, 19 2004 @ 10:52 PM
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Originally posted by marg6043
Well as bin-laden starts to fade out of the picture, we now are looking at the next "enemy number one" but remember he is now powerful thanks to the invasion in Iraq. And what is bothers me is that he is not even Iraqi he is actualy from palestinian parents.


And a Jordanian citizen to boot. This could aslo be an elaborate psyops on his part to help his cause amongs the radical crowd. Regardless if he was or was not OBL's guy, maybe he is the heir apparent now?




 
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