Iraq's al Qaeda warns against talks with govt - Web

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Iraq's al Qaeda warns against talks with govt-Web
14 Jun 2005 16:27:47 GMT

Source: Reuters

DUBAI, June 14 (Reuters) - Iraq's al Qaeda vowed to kill anyone negotiating with the U.S.-backed Iraqi government in a Web statement on Tuesday, a sign the group was worried about possible divisions among its Sunni Muslim allies.

The group led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was responding to what it said were reports that tribal leaders in Iraq's third-largest city Mosul, the scene of frequent outbreaks of guerrilla violence, were seeking talks.

"Liars claim that the sheikhs of tribes in Mosul plan to hand over mujahideen (holy fighters) and assist the crusaders and apostates, and we do not know which tribes or sheikhs they speak of," the Sunni Muslim group said.

"We will impose God's punishment on anyone who stands by the crusaders or becomes their ally or supports them. The righteous swords are unsheathed and hunger for blood," it said in a statement posted on an Islamist Web site.

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[Sanity Claws]

1. Al Queda wasn't even in Iraq

before the invasion. Now, they're calling the shots there. what a royal fuck-up.

[Rex]

2. That's why we are fighting them over there cuz see

we um, would be fighting them here if not there. They cannot come here or will want to less and less because we are blowing up their fellow Muslims. Yeah. :crazy: