Al-Qaida Claims Iraqi Election Day Suicide Bomber
By Evan Kohlmann
Al-Qaida's Committee in Iraq--led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi--has released a video and a statement claiming responsibility for the Jan. 30 suicide bomb attack on the Badr Kobra polling station in Baghdad during Iraq's recent national elections. According to Al-Qaida, the suicide bomber was "Abu Nour al-Najdi", whose name suggests that he was a Saudi Arabian national. A policeman and four other Iraqis were killed while trying to avert the attack--carried out with a suicide bomb vest. Within hours of the incident, Iraqi voters returned to the Badr Kobra station in defiance of threats from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and other Sunni insurgent factions.
Click to view an English translation of the statement c/o Globalterroralert.com...
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