Monday, March 26, 2007
Islamic State of Iraq claims responsibility for attack on U.N. SG Ban Ki-moon
Security, Insurgency
(Chosun) - An Iraqi insurgent group with ties to Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for Thursday's rocket attack on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, saying Ban was the target. The attack occurred near the site of a press conference that Ban was delivering while on an unannounced visit to Baghdad.
In a statement posted on an insurgent website on Saturday, a group called the Islamic State of Iraq said, "God enabled the men of the Islamic State of Iraq to target the Green Zone with a barrage of mortar rounds as a joint conference was being held by (Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri) al-Maliki and the so-called UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon." The statement said the attack "brought terror into the hearts of infidels and apostates."
In a statement posted on an insurgent website on Saturday, a group called the Islamic State of Iraq said, "God enabled the men of the Islamic State of Iraq to target the Green Zone with a barrage of mortar rounds as a joint conference was being held by (Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri) al-Maliki and the so-called UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon." The statement said the attack "brought terror into the hearts of infidels and apostates."
Labels: Islamic State of Iraq, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
