Al Qaeda in Iraq Declares Jihad on Shi'ites, 23 More Murdered in Baghdad

A new audio message from the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has declared jihad on Iraq's majority Shia population. More bombs went off in Baghdad today targetting Iraqi police officers. Zarqawi has claimed the bombings which killed 23.

Al-Jazeera:

"The al-Qaeda Organisation in the Land of Two Rivers (Iraq) is declaring all-out war on the Rafidha (a pejorative term for Shia), wherever they are in Iraq," said the voice which could not be immediately verified but sounded like previous recordings attributed to al-Zarqawi.

"As for the government, servants of the crusaders headed by Ibrahim al-Jaafari, they have declared a war on Sunnis in Tal Afar," the clip added...

What the tape fails to mention is that the President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, is a Sunni Muslim. President Talabani has recently begged the American people to stay the course and help his country fight the terrorists in his country. Many on the American and European Left, including George Galloway in a debate last night, consider the bin Ladenist terrorists fighting secular and moderate forces in Iraq 'freedom fighters'.

"You must choose between the good side and the bad side."

In the sick world of Zarqawi, the bin Ladenists, and the Western elitist Left, the good side is the side that cuts people's heads off for driving trucks. But wait, there's more:

Any religious group that wants to be safe from the blows of the mujahidin must [disavow] the government of al-Jaafari and its crimes. Otherwise it will suffer the same fate as that of the crusaders," said the tape.

At the same time, "any tribe ... whose allegiance to the crusaders and their agents is proven will be targeted by the mujahidin in the same way the crusaders are".

In the dozens of al Qaeda in Iraq (formerly known as Tawhid and Jihad) videotaped murders, each victim is first made to confess to the 'crime' of apostasy. How is the victim an 'apostate'? He has 'worked with the Zionist-Crusador infidel forces'.

Under traditional interpretations of Islamic law, the maximum penalty for apostasy is death.

An interesting side note from the al Jazeera report refers to Zarqawi as 'the one-legged fugitive'. Zarqawi was reportedly hurt in May, but that was allegedly a serious chest wound. This is the first I had heard about Zarqawi missing a leg. It's time to take out his other one. Start with the kneecaps. Then move to the left arm......

So, why is peg-leg Zarqawi trying to kill as many Shias as possible? He's trying to start a civil war. Unfortunately, many on the Left believe a civil war is already happening in Iraq. But if this is 'civil war', then how come the vast majority of Sunnis are planning to go to the polls in the coming election? Wars begin only when politics fail.

Further, many on the Left openly support those that are fighting our troops, the side that wishes to impose a Taliban-like regime there. These people are traitors.

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