NEFA Foundation TerrorWatch Episode 7: An Al-Qaida Resurgence in Mosul?
By Evan Kohlmann
The NEFA Foundation has released the latest edition of its TerrorWatch video broadcast, this week examining Al-Qaida's attempts at an organizational resurgence in Sunni regions of Iraq - particularly in the northern city of Mosul. On June 23, 2008, Al-Qaidas "Islamic State of Iraq" (ISI) released a new propaganda video denying that the declaration of an "Islamic State" had been a premature measure and insisting, "we are determined not to repeat [the] tragedy" of the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords "for the believer is not to be stung twice from the same source." The video also included sections of the "martyrdom will" of a Kuwaiti-born suicide bomber who admonished fellow Al-Qaida supporters, "We have been sitting on the Internet, and we have been watching the videos of the operations, while saying 'Allahu Akhbar.' But what good does this accomplish? We sit and do nothing, while our brothers from the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) feel the bitter taste of torment at the hands of the apostates and infidels."
Click to view TerrorWatch Episode 7 on the NEFA Foundation website.
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