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06-23-2004, 01:37 PM
Zarqawi threatens to assassinate Iraqi PM
CTV.ca News Staff
An audio recording has surfaced on the Internet that contains an ominous threat for the head of Iraq's new interim government.
The message is purportedly from Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, a wanted terror suspect with ties to al Qaeda.
The voice on the recording threatens to assassinate Iraq's new prime minister Iyad Allawi, whose government is scheduled to take over at the end of June.
"You (Allawi) are the symbol of evil and the infidel nation; you are the source of all traitors," the recording says.
"You don't know that you have already survived traps we made for you. We promise you that we will continue the game with you until the end... We will not get bored until we make you drink from the same glass that Izzadine Saleem tasted."
Saleem, a former Governing Council president also known as Abdel-Zahraa Othman, was killed May 18 in a car bombing in Baghdad.
"We will carry on our jihad against the Western infidel and the Arab apostate until Islamic rule is back on earth," the recording adds.
The 16-minute message hasn't been authenticated and contains no date. It surfaced on a website known as a clearinghouse for statements and videos from al Qaeda and other extremist groups.
The speaker compares Allawi to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, whom he says was installed by the United States.
"The indirect occupation is the most effective weapon to be used against this nation. The infidel foreigner who aims at stealing the nation, looting its riches and enslaving it, is replaced ... with hypocrites who wear the same skin and have the same tongue of this nation," he says.
"The Arab countries around us are commanded by the White House through mediators who are very devoted to their (American) masters," the voice said.
Al-Zarqawi, 36, is believed to have ties to al Qaeda. One of his groups, Monotheism and Jihad, has claimed responsibility for a number of bombings and attacks in Iraq, most recently Tuesday's beheading of South Korean hostage Kim Sun-il.
The group has also claimed responsibility for the videotaped beheading last month of American businessman Nicholas Berg.
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CTV.ca News Staff
An audio recording has surfaced on the Internet that contains an ominous threat for the head of Iraq's new interim government.
The message is purportedly from Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, a wanted terror suspect with ties to al Qaeda.
The voice on the recording threatens to assassinate Iraq's new prime minister Iyad Allawi, whose government is scheduled to take over at the end of June.
"You (Allawi) are the symbol of evil and the infidel nation; you are the source of all traitors," the recording says.
"You don't know that you have already survived traps we made for you. We promise you that we will continue the game with you until the end... We will not get bored until we make you drink from the same glass that Izzadine Saleem tasted."
Saleem, a former Governing Council president also known as Abdel-Zahraa Othman, was killed May 18 in a car bombing in Baghdad.
"We will carry on our jihad against the Western infidel and the Arab apostate until Islamic rule is back on earth," the recording adds.
The 16-minute message hasn't been authenticated and contains no date. It surfaced on a website known as a clearinghouse for statements and videos from al Qaeda and other extremist groups.
The speaker compares Allawi to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, whom he says was installed by the United States.
"The indirect occupation is the most effective weapon to be used against this nation. The infidel foreigner who aims at stealing the nation, looting its riches and enslaving it, is replaced ... with hypocrites who wear the same skin and have the same tongue of this nation," he says.
"The Arab countries around us are commanded by the White House through mediators who are very devoted to their (American) masters," the voice said.
Al-Zarqawi, 36, is believed to have ties to al Qaeda. One of his groups, Monotheism and Jihad, has claimed responsibility for a number of bombings and attacks in Iraq, most recently Tuesday's beheading of South Korean hostage Kim Sun-il.
The group has also claimed responsibility for the videotaped beheading last month of American businessman Nicholas Berg.
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