Al-Qaida Defends Poor Showing on Iraqi Election Day
By Evan Kohlmann
With all the hoopla over the Iraq hostage photo hoax, I nearly forgot to post a link to this. Al-Qaida's Committee in Iraq--led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi--has released several new statements in response to the results of Iraqi election day. In addition to taking credit for a rocket attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Al-Qaida has also firmly denied that elections were permitted to take place in the Sunni Triangle, vowing "these elections and their results will not affect us. On the contrary, it will make us more confident, strong, and determined to fight evil and its supporters until the state of Allah is established." The indignant retort from Al-Qaida avoided discussion of why waves of promised suicide bombers failed to materialize on Iraq's election day last Sunday. The first half of this week also saw a relative lull in claimed attacks by Al-Qaida in Iraq, suggesting that the group may be recharging and reorganizing after a steady barrage of military operations leading up to the elections.
Click to view English translations (care of Globalterroralert.com):
- Jan. 31
statement on the results of election day in Iraq
- Jan.
31 claim for rocket attack on U.S. embassy
in Baghdad
- Jan. 31
claim for the execution of an Iraqi KBR employee
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