Al-Qaida: Green Zone Suicide Bombers Were Iraqis
By Evan Kohlmann
Al-Qaida's Jihad Committee in Iraq--led by wanted Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi--has issued a new statement declaring that three Al-Qaida suicide bombers responsible for a failed attack on an Iraqi police station only 150 feet from the Green Zone were local Iraqi nationals. According to the statement:
"We inform you, O' brothers of al-Tawheed, that the three martyrdom attacks that took place in the Green Zone were executed by Iraqi operatives, praise be to Allah for his blessing. We ask Allah to forgive them and guide them to paradise."
The coordinated assault included a suicide car bomber and two men on foot strapped with suicide vest bombs. U.S. officials suggested that the insurgents had planned to detonate the car bomb first , and then the two vest bombers would target responding Iraqi soldiers, police, and rescue workers. However, the scheme went awry after the suicide car bomb was intercepted before it could reach its target and an Iraqi policeman shot one of the twin vest bombers, accidentally detonating his explosives. The second vest bomber was injured by the blast and was disabled before he could detonate his own weapon. The latter surviving Al-Qaida operative is currently listed in critical condition at a U.S. military hospital in the Green Zone. Five Iraqi policemen and four civilians were also wounded in the attack.
See also: Al-Qaida Admits Capture of Baghdad Commander Abu Abdel Aziz
Al-Qaida Announces Formation of All-Iraqi Martyrdom Squad (June 21, 2005)
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