IRAQ: WE ARE FIGHTING FOR AN ISLAMIC STATE, SAYS AL-QAEDA IN IRAQ
   
Baghdad, 18 Oct. (AKI) - Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the terror group led by
Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has released a new statement
in which it explains the reasons for its terror campaign and states
that they are not fighting the US occupation of Iraq, but to create
"an Islamic state which is part of the caliphate and the Muslim
territory."

The message from the terror group appeared on the Internet on Tuesday,
just a few days ahead of a visit to Baghdad by the secretary general
of the Arab League, Amr Moussa. "The secretary of the Arab League has
been tasked with going to Iraq to convince the Sunnis to enter the
political game so as to stop the Jihad [holy war] in the Sunni areas.
With the excuse of national interest, they are trying to save the
Americans," the statement says.

The terror group then goes on to reveal its real objectives, saying:
"We are not fighting to chase out the occupier or to save national
unity and keep the borders outlined by the infidels intact," the
statement continues. "We are fighting because it is a religious duty
to do it, just as it is a duty to take the Sharia [Islamic law] to 
the government and create an Islamic state."

In the last few weeks the Islamic forums on the Internet have
regularly broadcast images relating to the possible creation of 
al-Qaeda's hypothetical Islamic state, which could take shape within
Iraq's rebel al-Anbar province.

Source: AdnKronosInternational
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.220033018&par=0


Cheers, Steve..

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