Al Qaeda Ally Zarqawi Issues New Threat to Iraq PM
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an al Qaeda ally fighting the U.S.-backed Iraqi government, has issued a new threat against Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi in a purported taped message posted on the Internet.Elsewhere, an Internet statement by Zarqawi’s Tawhid and Jihad Group claimed responsibility for Sunday’s intensive attacks in Iraq including Baghdad’s Green Zone compound housing the U.S. and other embassies and Iraq’s interim government. “We will make sure that the traitor Allawi gets his due. You traitor, stop pretending and wait, because we will know how to be more cunning than you,” said the taped voice, which sounded like previous recordings in Zarqawi’s name.Full Story