New Statements and Video from Al-Qaida in Iraq
By Evan Kohlmann
Al-Qaida's Committee in Mesopotamia--led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi--has issued several new statements and video recordings claiming credit for various bomb attacks on U.S. forces in central Iraq and for the assassination of local Iraqi government officials.
- Feb. 26 claim for the murder of the Interior Ministry Chief
- Feb. 26 claim for the murder of a municipal council leader
- Feb. 26 report of the "martyrdom" of Abu Anas al-Tuhami
- Feb. 26 video of roadside bomb attack on a U.S. Humvee
- Feb. 26 video of suicide bomb attack on U.S. tanks
- Feb. 27 response to alleged arrest of a Zarqawi aide in Iraq