Friday, April 27, 2007
Islamic State of Iraq claims killing of Yazidis
Insurgency
The Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella insurgency group consisting of various jihadi factions including al-Qaeda in Iraq, issued several communiqués to jihadist forums between on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, and Thursday 26th, claiming a litany of operations and denying claims by the enemy military. In four of these messages, one of which contains a 1:36 minute video produced by the group’s al-Furqan Foundation for Media Production, the Islamic State claims the destruction of an American minesweeper of the type-RG-13 Nayala in Baghdad, a suicide bombing striking an Iraqi police checkpoint in the area of al-Bufraj in al-Ramadi, and killing 26 Yazidi people from the area of Bashika responsible for stoning to death a woman who converted to Islam.
Also, the group’s Ministry of War, which is head by the Emir of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, clarifies that a commander from their group was indeed killed by enemy forces in al-Anbar, but he was merely an emir of one of their brigades, not the Emir of the Western region as was claimed.
The attack on the people of the Yazidi religion in Bashika, near al-Mosul, is based on the stoning death of a woman from these people who converted to Islam. The text of the message provides a rendition of the murder, and threatens all “worshippers of Satan” to committed the act. The group’s killing of 26 Yazidis is indicated to be only part of the revenge operations for the Muslim woman. Also, the Islamic State further attempts to claim legitimacy as a governing and security entity by calling upon all converts from the Yazidi religion to seek its protection and care, reminding that the police in Bashika did not keep the safety of the woman; rather, they delivered her to her executioners.
The attack on the people of the Yazidi religion in Bashika, near al-Mosul, is based on the stoning death of a woman from these people who converted to Islam. The text of the message provides a rendition of the murder, and threatens all “worshippers of Satan” to committed the act. The group’s killing of 26 Yazidis is indicated to be only part of the revenge operations for the Muslim woman. Also, the Islamic State further attempts to claim legitimacy as a governing and security entity by calling upon all converts from the Yazidi religion to seek its protection and care, reminding that the police in Bashika did not keep the safety of the woman; rather, they delivered her to her executioners.
Labels: Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, Al Qaeda in Iraq, Al-Furqan Foundation, Bashika, Islamic State of Iraq, Yazidis
