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New Statements/Video from Al-Qaida in Iraq

By Evan Kohlmann

Al-Qaida's Jihad Committee in Iraq--led by wanted Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi--has continued to issue numerous communiques and videos claiming military operations across the Sunni Triangle of Iraq, including Tel Afar, Samarra, Mosul, and the troubled town of Haditha--where Al-Qaida operations are allegedly being run by commander Abu Abdallah al-Shamri.  Al-Qaida's Shariah Council  has also issued repeated warnings to Iraqi Sunnis not to participate in the upcoming constitutional referendum planned by the U.S. and its "apostate" allies in Baghdad.  Al-Qaida continues to launch numerous martyrdom operations, including a recent attack in Baghdad by an elderly Iraqi man known as "Shaykh Abu Said al-Iraqi."

Click to view documents c/o Globalterroralert.com :
- Aug. 6 statement concerning military operations in Haditha
- Aug. 6 Shariah Council warning about planned referendum
- Aug. 9 video of IED attacks on U.S. Humvees in Samarra
- Aug. 11 transcript of martyrdom will of Abu Said al-Iraqi
- Aug. 11 martyrdom will of Abu Said al-Iraqi  (video)

UPDATE: Recent Arabic-language Al-Qaida propaganda posters from Iraq (and their corresponding English translations) are also now available for download.

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