'Qaeda' Statement Says Helping Militants in Iraq

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DUBAI (Reuters) - A top al Qaeda leader in Saudi Arabia said Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s group was helping Muslim militants fighting to expel U.S. forces from Iraq (news - web sites), according to a statement posted on Islamist Web sites on Friday.



It also claimed responsibility for a shooting this month in Saudi Arabia that killed five Westerners and vowed more deadly attacks in the world's largest oil exporter and other Muslim states.


"In our jihad in the Arabian peninsula, we are serving the Iraqi cause and helping the mujahideen there who we are in constant contact with and are supporting," said the statement attributed to Abdulaziz al-Muqrin.


"We seek to confuse the enemy, keep it occupied in its rear bases and foil its future plans along with its Arab allies and despots."


It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the statement, which said Muslim militants had laid low in Kurdistan for a long time and "could not achieve what they are achieving now."

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more statements on a website....no one able to verify....more propaganda??