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04-26-2006, 06:28 AM
Al-Qaida leader Zarqawi: Our eyes are on Jerusalem
Wed., April 26, 2006 Nisan 28, 5766
By The Associated Press
CAIRO - In a rare video posted Tuesday on the Internet, Al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi renewed his allegiance to Osama bin Laden and said any government formed in Iraq would be merely a "stooge." He also mentioned Jerusalem, saying that while fighters are in Iraq, "our eyes are on Jerusalem, which cannot be regained without a guiding Koran and a triumphant sword."
He mocked the U.S. military in Iraq for what he called suicides, drug-taking and mutinies and warned worse attacks were to come.
The video, released just days after the formation of Iraq's new government and just two days after a high-profile audiotape from bin Laden appeared on Arab TV, seemed a deliberate attempt by Zarqawi to once again claim the spotlight, after months during which he took a lower profile.
Wed., April 26, 2006 Nisan 28, 5766
By The Associated Press
CAIRO - In a rare video posted Tuesday on the Internet, Al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi renewed his allegiance to Osama bin Laden and said any government formed in Iraq would be merely a "stooge." He also mentioned Jerusalem, saying that while fighters are in Iraq, "our eyes are on Jerusalem, which cannot be regained without a guiding Koran and a triumphant sword."
He mocked the U.S. military in Iraq for what he called suicides, drug-taking and mutinies and warned worse attacks were to come.
The video, released just days after the formation of Iraq's new government and just two days after a high-profile audiotape from bin Laden appeared on Arab TV, seemed a deliberate attempt by Zarqawi to once again claim the spotlight, after months during which he took a lower profile.