Al-Qaida in Iraq Claims Suicide Car Bomb Attacks in Al-Qaim
By Evan Kohlmann
Al-Qaida's Jihad Committee in Mesopotamia--led by wanted Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi--has issued three claims of responsibility for a series of ambushes and suicide car bombings targeting the local U.S. military headquarters in the city of Al-Qaim, near Iraq's western border with Syria. Referring to Al-Qaim as "our gateway to jihad", a communiqu from Al-Qaida further admonished the "soldiers of Allah" to "hold firm to your swords because there is no time left and the jihad is our lifeline."
Click to view English translations c/o Globalterroralert.com:
- Apr. 12 claim for the April 11 battles in the city of Al-Qaim
- Apr. 12 claim for four suicide car bombings in Al-Qaim
- Apr. 12 statement on the "victorious" battles in Al-Qaim
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