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January 13, 2005
Islamic Army in Iraq Threatens US Attack
Topics: Middle East News and PerspectivesJawa Report found this message from the Islamic Army in Iraq, first published at an Islamist BB in French. Freeper Penguino's original translation can be found here:
"The year 2005 will be one of misfortune for America," affirms this group in an official statement sent on-line from an Islamic site published Monday, whose authenticity couldn't be immediately verified.
"The next days of this new year will see the biggest surprises that the Mujahideen have prepared for your children outside and inside America," he writes, adding that the fighters "will carry the battle from inside our country (Iraq) to inside yours."
"We address you after your New Year's celebration hoping that you have sobered up...We are going to make you American civilians taste that which our civilians endure," continues the group in "a message to the American people," who behave "uncivilized" and "very ignorantly."
"The entire world hates America and hates the American people... Did you know that the number of them who support the idea of attacks against America on her own soil has increased enormously this year?," also says the group.
"Last year was a walk in the park for your soldiers in Iraq. The year 2005 will see a quantitative and qualitative change in the operations against your soldiers, who will enter the annuals of history," he adds.
The Arab-sympathizing Middle-East-Online first published this story on Jan 3 with the subtitle, "Mujahedeen vow in statement to give American civilians taste of what civilians in Iraq go through."
According to the same article the Islamic Army was one of three radical Islamist groups, along with the Al-Qaeda linked Ansar Al-Sunna and the previously unknown Army of the Mujahedeen,that warned in an Internet statement last week that they would strike at anyone taking part in the January 30 elections in Iraq. I take it from these reports that the Islamists aren't fond of democracy.
On Jan 3 when I originally posted on this story I expected little to come of it, but it is interesting that the MSM had little to say about the story because they were too busy jumping on the huge threat of American treatment of terrorist prisoners - after all, building human pyramids without instruction from high school cheerleaders could be dangerous for the thugs. Should something develop from this threat by the Islamic Army it will be nice to look back retrospectively that the blogosphere was on the story, keeping watch on the terrorist's propaganda so that the American public be continuously informed of the ever-ongoing danger of Islam and it's agents - Islamic terrorists interfaith groups alike .
Also covering this story - California Yankee.
Posted by Hyscience at January 13, 2005 1:40 PM
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