.US killing of al-Zarqawi was stroke of luck, says website
Cairo, June 14 (AP): The US airstrike that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, was just a stroke of luck, according to a Web statement posted on Tuesday in the name of the umbrella group for Iraqi insurgents.
The statement from the Mujahedeen Shura Council, or Consultative Council of Holy Warriors, was an attempt to discredit reports from the US and Iraqi authorities that al-Zarqawi was known to be meeting key advisers at a house in a grove of palm trees north of Baghdad when US fighter-bombers blasted the building last Wednesday evening.
The council includes al-Qaida in Iraq, the terror group that al-Zarqawi led.
The US military has said that an informant in al-Zarqawi's network had identified his spiritual adviser, who unwittingly led the Americans to the house near Baqouba where the meeting took place. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said Iraqis living in the Baqouba area had helped in the search.
"The crusaders knew nothing," the Shura Council said in the statement. "They were surprised by the presence of the sheik (al-Zarqawi), God bless him, when they arrived at the site of the strike."
"It was just a matter of fate, and the house (where al-Zarqawi was) was struck just like the other houses in the area," the statement added.
It was not possible to verify the authenticity of the statement, but it appeared on an Islamic Web site known for carrying messages from Mujahedeen Shura Council. In recent months, most statements issued by al-Qaida in Iraq have been issued by the council, including yesterday's announcement of a successor to al-Zarqawi.
the Hindu News
That's funny, just yesterday I posted a report that they were going around killing and threatening all the shia that live in the hood. Said they were informants. So which is it? Maybe they were just offing a few Shi'a for fun and to relive stress
The statement from the Mujahedeen Shura Council, or Consultative Council of Holy Warriors, was an attempt to discredit reports from the US and Iraqi authorities that al-Zarqawi was known to be meeting key advisers at a house in a grove of palm trees north of Baghdad when US fighter-bombers blasted the building last Wednesday evening.
The council includes al-Qaida in Iraq, the terror group that al-Zarqawi led.
The US military has said that an informant in al-Zarqawi's network had identified his spiritual adviser, who unwittingly led the Americans to the house near Baqouba where the meeting took place. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said Iraqis living in the Baqouba area had helped in the search.
"The crusaders knew nothing," the Shura Council said in the statement. "They were surprised by the presence of the sheik (al-Zarqawi), God bless him, when they arrived at the site of the strike."
"It was just a matter of fate, and the house (where al-Zarqawi was) was struck just like the other houses in the area," the statement added.
It was not possible to verify the authenticity of the statement, but it appeared on an Islamic Web site known for carrying messages from Mujahedeen Shura Council. In recent months, most statements issued by al-Qaida in Iraq have been issued by the council, including yesterday's announcement of a successor to al-Zarqawi.
the Hindu News
That's funny, just yesterday I posted a report that they were going around killing and threatening all the shia that live in the hood. Said they were informants. So which is it? Maybe they were just offing a few Shi'a for fun and to relive stress
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