Al-Qaeda in Iraq Threatens Israel

[sabra]

Source: Time/AP

(CAIRO, Egypt) — The purported leader of al-Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq called in a new posting on a militant website on Thursday for attacks on Israel and proposed that Iraq's territory be a "launching pad" to seize Jerusalem.

In the 30-minute audiotape, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, said to head the Islamic State of Iraq, lashed out at Arab and Palestinian groups — especially the Palestinian Hamas — for failing to liberate the Palestinians.

He also called on Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, to break away from the group's political leadership and liberate Jerusalem, or Al-Quds as the city is called in Arabic.

The new posting came as Israeli security instructed embassies and Jewish institutions around the world to go on alert for fear of revenge attacks for a car bomb that killed a top-wanted terrorist, Imad Mughniyeh, late Tuesday in the Syrian capital.

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[libodem]

1. Who wants to bet

that somebody is spoiling for war with Iran so they are stepping up the world-wide chatter about Islamic militant groups feeling a little hostile about being decimated from the earth by 'the true Representatives of the Deity'. I'll gamble it all that Israel is wanting to use some of those fancy US weapons they've been sent. And who does America want to invade now? Hmmmm?

[Parche]

2. His Last Name Is Baghdadi?

I bet he changed his name since he moved from Afghanistan to Baghdad
from Abu Omar al-Kabuli to Abu Omar al-Baghdadi

:shrug: :hi: