'Zarqawi' recording denounces Tal Afar assault
Last Update: Monday, September 12, 2005. 7:00am (AEST)
Iraq's Al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has denounced attacks in the northern town of Tal Afar in an audio tape attributed to him that has been published on the Internet.
The speaker on the tape says US and Iraqi forces would inevitably taste defeat in the battle.
"In Tal Afar, the crusaders went in waves using the most destructive of weapons and the most poisonous of gasses," the speaker said.
"They are now back in Tal Afar, after they have failed many times before, where they tasted humiliation and defeat.
"They came back and destroyed the city to finish off the mujahideen."
In the undated tape, which is about 10 minutes long, the speaker says foreign forces want desperately to leave Iraq after suffering numerous losses.
"Your enemy today is living its worst days in Iraq. They are trying to get out of Iraq but they cannot find the way to do it," he said.
"Oh mujahideen, beware, pick up your weapons and be prepared for the moment ... for the time for the divisive battle has almost come."
US and Iraqi troops are hunting down rebels and foreign fighters they say have infiltrated Tal Afar and are using the town as a conduit for equipment and men crossing illegally from Syria to fight the Shiite and Kurdish-led Iraqi Government and occupying US forces.
The speaker also says the deaths after Hurricane Katrina in the United States are the answer to the prayers of those oppressed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
"The storm that hit the United States was the result of every mother or father's prayer, or an orphaned son, or a woman whose honour was taken away in Iraq or Afghanistan."
- Reuters
Link Here
Iraq's Al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has denounced attacks in the northern town of Tal Afar in an audio tape attributed to him that has been published on the Internet.
The speaker on the tape says US and Iraqi forces would inevitably taste defeat in the battle.
"In Tal Afar, the crusaders went in waves using the most destructive of weapons and the most poisonous of gasses," the speaker said.
"They are now back in Tal Afar, after they have failed many times before, where they tasted humiliation and defeat.
"They came back and destroyed the city to finish off the mujahideen."
In the undated tape, which is about 10 minutes long, the speaker says foreign forces want desperately to leave Iraq after suffering numerous losses.
"Your enemy today is living its worst days in Iraq. They are trying to get out of Iraq but they cannot find the way to do it," he said.
"Oh mujahideen, beware, pick up your weapons and be prepared for the moment ... for the time for the divisive battle has almost come."
US and Iraqi troops are hunting down rebels and foreign fighters they say have infiltrated Tal Afar and are using the town as a conduit for equipment and men crossing illegally from Syria to fight the Shiite and Kurdish-led Iraqi Government and occupying US forces.
The speaker also says the deaths after Hurricane Katrina in the United States are the answer to the prayers of those oppressed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
"The storm that hit the United States was the result of every mother or father's prayer, or an orphaned son, or a woman whose honour was taken away in Iraq or Afghanistan."
- Reuters
Link Here
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