http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=79581Dubai, January 13: An Iraqi militant group linked to al-Qaeda dismissed President George W Bush's new strategy in Iraq as proof of a US defeat, an Internet statement said.
Bush said on Wednesday he was sending about 21,000 more American troops to Iraq when he announced his long-awaited new strategy in the Arab country racked by sectarian fighting.
"What we hear in the media about a so-called security plan in Baghdad and Bush's new strategy, will not change anything. They are tasting the bitterness of defeat after announcing to limit their troops to Baghdad instead of all around Iraq," the so-called Islamic state in Iraq group said in the Web posting.
"We say that these announcements are a declaration of defeat and an attempt to escape from Iraq, to send more troops will not change anything in the battle. On the contrary the crusaders will not win this battle, they instead spread targets for our Mujahideen (fighters)."
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