Saturday, November 11, 2006

 

Al-Qaeda in Iraq: 12,000 fighters mobilised

Insurgency
A 22:24 minute audio speech attributed to the Emir of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, and titled: “There is No Judgment, but that of Allah,” was issued by the Ministry of Information of the Islamic State of Iraq on Friday, November 10, 2006. Within his message, Muhajir speaks in the regard of recent events, including the establishment of the Islamic State, American elections in which the Democratic Party gained power within Congress, and the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld as the U.S. Secretary of Defense. These events, he believes, are portents of the victory of the Mujahideen, but on this he does not dwell. Rather, he speaks at greater length to the Mujahideen, specifically calling for the first time to those in Ansar al-Sunnah, the Islamic Army in Iraq, and the Mujahideen Army for their unity with the Islamic State, and continuity of jihad until they grab hold of the White House.
The subject of unity pervades the remainder of Abu Hamza al-Muhajir’s speech, as he himself makes a bid to foster agreement amongst the Mujahideen by pledging loyalty to the Emir of the Believers, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. All that had been established thus far by al-Qaeda in Iraq and its 12,000 Mujahideen are assigned to the direct orders of al-Baghdadi, including an additional 10,000 Mujahideen who await financial support before engaging in jihad. He also calls upon Muslims in enemy security forces to repent, indicating those under the regime of King Abdullah II of Jordan, and makes overtures to other Iraqi insurgency groups to join under one banner.





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