Counterterrorism Blog

Following in the heels of my blog posts (here and here) and this week's Newsweek story on the subject, Al-Qaida's Committee in Iraq--led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi--has published a letter dated October 1, 2005 from the "real" Deputy Commander of Al-Qaida in Iraq: Abu Abdelrahman al-Iraqi (for previous statements made by Abu Abdelraman al-Iraqi, see here and here).  Abu Abdelrahman's latest letter--addressed personally to Zarqawi--boasts:

"The cries from the infidel leaders and their supporters have changed from threatening tones to screams of agony and pain due to their predicament in Mesopotamia... These fools have nothing more than televised victories and occasional statements that are dispatched about the killing of an Al-Qaida commander, the capture of [Abu Musab] al-Zarqawi's deputy, or the death of his deputy.  These lies... will lay the path for their own defeat, which they will soon witness--if Allah wills it."

Click to view English translation c/o Globalterroralert.com