Iraq's Illegal Immigrantion Problem - U.S. Military: 'Islamic State of Iraq' Fronted by Imaginary Leader
The Iraqi's are not the problem. It's the illegal aliens sneaking into Iraq and taking power away from the peaceful majority of Iraqi's is the real problem.
Until we fight this war with the full understanding that we are fighting Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and God knows who else, we cannot win.
If we fully identify the enemy and aim at defeating them, we will kick their ever-hatin' asses into the next dimension.
And for the next 100 years or so Islam will be about as much trouble as the Japanese and Germans have been since you-know-when.
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The Islamic State of Iraq is a front organization that masks the foreign influence and leadership within Al Qaeda in Iraq in an attempt to put an Iraqi face on the leadership of Al Qaeda in Iraq
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
foxnews.com
BAGHDAD — The Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella terror group affiliated with Al Qaeda in Iraq, is led by a fictional character designed to mask that group's foreign influence, a captured terror leader has revealed to U.S. interrogators.
In an effort to give Al Qaeda an Iraqi face, terrorists created "a virtual organization in cyberspace," U.S. military spokesman Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner said.
In Web postings, the Islamic State of Iraq has identified its leader as Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, a name indicating Iraqi origin. There are no known photos of al-Baghdadi.
The Egyptian Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who is the known leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, is named as minister of war in the umbrella organization.
Berger said Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, who was called the highest-ranking Iraqi in the Al Qaeda in Iraq leadership when he was captured July 4 in Mosul, told interrogators that al-Baghdadi is a "fictional role" created by al-Masri.
"In his words, the Islamic State of Iraq is a front organization that masks the foreign influence and leadership within Al Qaeda in Iraq in an attempt to put an Iraqi face on the leadership of Al Qaeda in Iraq," Bergner said.
Al-Mashhadani said that an actor with an Iraqi accent is used for audio recordings of speeches posted on the Web, Bergner said.
Bergner told reporters al-Mashhadani served as the link between the organization's command in Iraq and Usama bin Laden's inner circle, enabling the terror group to wield considerable influence over the Iraqi organization.
Al-Mashhadani carried messages from bin Laden, and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri, to the Egyptian-born head of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Bergner said.
Al Qaeda's global leadership provides "directions, they continue to provide a focus for operations" and "they continue to flow foreign fighters into Iraq, foreign terrorists," he said.
The relationship between bin Laden and the Al Qaeda in Iraq leadership has long been the subject of debate. Some private analysts believe the foreign-based leadership plays a minor role in day-to-day operations.
Al Qaeda in Iraq was created in 2004 by Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. He led a group called Tawhid and Jihad, responsible for the beheading of several foreign hostages, whose final moments were captured on videotapes provided to Arab television stations.
Al-Zarqawi posted Web statements declaring his allegiance to bin Laden and began using the name of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Diyala province in June 2006 and was replaced by al-Masri.
Although Al Qaeda in Iraq's rank-and-file are mostly Iraqis, the Iraqi group's top leadership is dominated by foreigners, Bergner said. That includes al-Masri, who joined an Al Qaeda forerunner in Egypt in the 1980s and later helped train fighters who drove the Soviet army from Afghanistan.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
foxnews.com
BAGHDAD — The Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella terror group affiliated with Al Qaeda in Iraq, is led by a fictional character designed to mask that group's foreign influence, a captured terror leader has revealed to U.S. interrogators.
In an effort to give Al Qaeda an Iraqi face, terrorists created "a virtual organization in cyberspace," U.S. military spokesman Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner said.
In Web postings, the Islamic State of Iraq has identified its leader as Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, a name indicating Iraqi origin. There are no known photos of al-Baghdadi.
The Egyptian Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who is the known leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, is named as minister of war in the umbrella organization.
Berger said Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, who was called the highest-ranking Iraqi in the Al Qaeda in Iraq leadership when he was captured July 4 in Mosul, told interrogators that al-Baghdadi is a "fictional role" created by al-Masri.
"In his words, the Islamic State of Iraq is a front organization that masks the foreign influence and leadership within Al Qaeda in Iraq in an attempt to put an Iraqi face on the leadership of Al Qaeda in Iraq," Bergner said.
Al-Mashhadani said that an actor with an Iraqi accent is used for audio recordings of speeches posted on the Web, Bergner said.
Bergner told reporters al-Mashhadani served as the link between the organization's command in Iraq and Usama bin Laden's inner circle, enabling the terror group to wield considerable influence over the Iraqi organization.
Al-Mashhadani carried messages from bin Laden, and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri, to the Egyptian-born head of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Bergner said.
Al Qaeda's global leadership provides "directions, they continue to provide a focus for operations" and "they continue to flow foreign fighters into Iraq, foreign terrorists," he said.
The relationship between bin Laden and the Al Qaeda in Iraq leadership has long been the subject of debate. Some private analysts believe the foreign-based leadership plays a minor role in day-to-day operations.
Al Qaeda in Iraq was created in 2004 by Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. He led a group called Tawhid and Jihad, responsible for the beheading of several foreign hostages, whose final moments were captured on videotapes provided to Arab television stations.
Al-Zarqawi posted Web statements declaring his allegiance to bin Laden and began using the name of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Diyala province in June 2006 and was replaced by al-Masri.
Although Al Qaeda in Iraq's rank-and-file are mostly Iraqis, the Iraqi group's top leadership is dominated by foreigners, Bergner said. That includes al-Masri, who joined an Al Qaeda forerunner in Egypt in the 1980s and later helped train fighters who drove the Soviet army from Afghanistan.
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