Reply #22: Al Qaeda in Iraq vows to 'shake the enemy' -> Not shaking

[dapper]

(CNN) -- In a statement posted on an Islamist Web site on Sunday, al Qaeda in Iraq threatened "large-scale operations that will shake the enemy and rob them of sleep."

"The mujahedeen Shura Council and al Qaeda in Mesopotamia held a meeting right after the killing of the commander-in-chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, may God bless his soul," the statement said.

In that meeting, leaders decided to continue their jihad, they said.

They also said that al-Zarqawi's death should not affect their operations.

Al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike Wednesday. (Full story)

In addition, the group said it renewed its allegiance to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, "may God protect him, and he will be pleased with the actions of his soldiers in Iraq, God willing."

The statement did not name a successor to al-Zarqawi.

CNN cannot independently verify the authenticity of the statement, but it was posted on a Web site which previously has carried messages from the group.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/al.qaeda.threat/index.html

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An article that does not refer to the website, the writer of the article is not named... Sounds like a propaganda piece from our own Govt.

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