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Al Qaeda in Iraq vowed on Sunday to carry out large-scale attacks that would "shake the enemy" after the killing of its leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, but did not name a successor. The group, in an Internet statement, said its leading body held a meeting after Zarqawi's death to discuss strategy and renew a pledge to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. "We plan large-scaled operations that will shake the enemy and rob them of sleep, in coordination with the other factions of the Mujahideen Council," said the statement posted an a Web site often used by Islamist militants.
http://reuters.myway.com/article/200...-QAEDA-DC.html |
“Al Qaeda in Iraq”? Didn’t know there was one, thought these claims of foreign terrorist involvement were supposed to be united statian propaganda, gross distortions and just efforts to justify continued occupation. And what is this about the group’s “leading body” and this “Mujahedeen Council”? I've been led to believe it was just a bunch of bona-fide Muslims reasonably upset over support for Israel, now they have subsidiaries in foreign countries with “leading bodies” and “councils” to administer them?
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Al Qaeda in Iraq named a successor following the killing of the group's leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to an Internet statement on Monday. "The shura council of al Qaeda in Iraq unanimously agreed on Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, to be a successor to Sheikh Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," said a statement signed by al Qaeda and posted on a Web site frequently used by Islamist militants. "Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir is a good brother, has a history in jihad and is knowledgeable. We ask God that he ... continue what Sheikh Abu Musab began," it said. Muhajir, little known in the West, was not among the names that al Qaeda experts had expected as Zarqawi's likely successor.
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What about this “shura council”, how does it fit between the “Mujahedeen Council” and that “leading body” mentioned before? They reportedly agreed unanimously on Zarqawi’s successor, so they voted and follow democratic procedures?