Friday, January 12, 2007

Interesting Jihadist Critique of the ‘Islamic State of Iraq’

"An emerging jihadist ideologue, who goes by the pseudonym ‘Attiyet-Allah,’ published a very interesting critique of ‘Islamic State of Iraq’— established by Al-Qaeda in Iraq last October. This critique is dated December 13, 2006 and was posted on several jihadist discussion forums.

Attiyet-Allah first came into prominence when one of his internet postings criticizing Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia’s bravado, following the withdrawal of Italian troops, elicited a response from Abu Musa’ab al-Zarqawi in early July 2005, in which the latter was deferential and apologetic to Attiyet-Allah and seemed to be familiar with him. Since then, Atiyet-Allah’s stature has risen among jihadists who repeatedly turn to him for advice on internet discussion boards. The majority of Attiyet-Allah’s responses—more aptly called fatwas, or religious pronouncements—that had been posted on al-Hisbeh website were recently collected and collated as one downloadable file.

...UPDATE:

I forgot to mention that the al-Baghdadi's 'Islamic State of Iraq' has taken credit for the recent fighting on Haifa Street in Baghdad, and the clashes to south of Baladruz (...the area inhabited by the Dainiyeh tribe) in Diyala Province; the al-Furqan media productions company of the ISI also put out an 8 minute video consisting of cell phone footage of seven or eight dead Iraqi National Guardmen on Haifa Street, dated January 7, 2007. However, subsequent fighting on Haifa Street seems to indicate heavy loses for the ISI (...which is essentially Al-Qaeda). The US military is also reporting heavy insurgent losses near Baladruz. Plus, there are clashes being reported by the Arab press among Al-Qaeda and another insurgent group, the 1920 Revolution Brigades faction, to the north west of Baghdad. The 'emirs' of both Al-Qaeda and the 1920 Revolution Brigades in the town of Yusufiyah (south of Baghdad) were arrested by the Iraqi Army a few days ago."
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