Al-Qaida No. 2: Purge Iraqi traitors

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Al-Qaida No. 2: Purge Iraqi traitors
By Lee Keath - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 17, 2007 8:26:10 EST

CAIRO, Egypt — Al-Qaida’s No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri warned of “traitors” among insurgents in Iraq and called on Iraqi Sunni Arab tribes to purge those who help the Americans in a new videotape posted Monday on the Web.

Al-Zawahri’s comments were aimed at undermining so-called “awakening councils” — the groups of Iraqi Sunni tribesmen that the U.S. military has backed to help fight al-Qaida in Iraq and its allies.

Some Sunni insurgent groups have fought alongside American forces, and the U.S. military has touted the councils as a major factor in reducing violence in war-torn regions like Iraq’s Anbar province.

In the 90-minute video, al-Zawahri warned of the “presence of hypocrites and traitors among the ranks of the mujahedeen working and fighting for the Americans.”

The mujahedeen “must throw out the bribe-taking collaborators from among their ranks, those who sold out their faith and fight under the banner of the cross. They must expose them to the Muslim world,” al-Zawahri said. “Those who support the Americans are despicable scum,” he said.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/12/ap_alqaida_071217/



uhc comment: Every time I hear about Al-Qaida’s No. 2, I think of Robert Wagner in 'The Spy Who Shagged Me'.