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Zarqawi pledges war on Iraq elections
Telegraph Group Limited ^ | 23/01/2005 | unknown

Posted on 01/23/2005 12:42:03 PM PST by tbird5

Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has purportedly declared a "bitter war" on Iraq's parliamentary elections in an audio tape posted on the Internet.

The tape urged Sunni Muslims to fight against the vote next Sunday, which the speaker said was a plot against them by Washington and its "infidel" Shi'ite Muslim allies.

"We have declared a bitter war against the principle of democracy and all those who seek to enact it," the speaker, who was identified as Zarqawi, said.

"Candidates in elections are seeking to become demi-gods while those who vote for them are infidels. And with God as my witness, I have informed them (of our intentions)."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alqaida; antidemocracy; iraq; iraqielection; rop; wot; zarqawi
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1 posted on 01/23/2005 12:42:03 PM PST by tbird5
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To: tbird5

Zarqawi is pledging war on the Iraqi people period.


2 posted on 01/23/2005 12:43:10 PM PST by cripplecreek (they call me tater.)
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To: tbird5

Wasn't he captured yesterday?


3 posted on 01/23/2005 12:43:35 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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To: tbird5
Zarqawi pledges war on Iraq elections democracy.
4 posted on 01/23/2005 12:46:21 PM PST by bahblahbah
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To: West Coast Conservative

I was hoping and praying he was caught........


5 posted on 01/23/2005 12:46:36 PM PST by marmar (Even though I may look different then you...my blood runs red, white and blue.....)
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To: tbird5

Zarqawi is incapable of stopping or even inflicting wide-spread harm on the elections next Sunday. Even if he hasn't been captured by then, at most he'll set off a few car bombs and lob a few mortars.

Frankly, if you can count the bombs and mortars, then it's probably not much of a war.

6 posted on 01/23/2005 12:46:49 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack
Finally, desperation.
7 posted on 01/23/2005 12:51:21 PM PST by PURPLE SHARK
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To: tbird5
I think he's quite desperate to see his efforts to cancel or delay the election aren't working. There are at least two polls that say next week's election will have high turn out. Perhaps, unlike what we read in US newspapers, the Iraqis feel excited about it.
8 posted on 01/23/2005 12:51:24 PM PST by paudio (Four More Years..... Let's Use Them Wisely...)
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To: tbird5
Zarqawi pledges war on Iraq elections

Hold it! *tweet*

Back up the bus!

Since Zarqawi was captured either one, two, three or six weeks ago (as of yesterday), and is presumably in prison, does that mean that he gets prison furlough during the day to go do his regular job?

9 posted on 01/23/2005 12:52:29 PM PST by Publius6961 (The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen, ignorance and stupidity.)
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To: tbird5

al-Zarqawi cosiders himself and his followers to be the only "true gods".

..."Candidates in elections are seeking to become demi-gods..."...


10 posted on 01/23/2005 12:53:05 PM PST by jolie560
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"Candidates in elections are seeking to become demi-gods...."

All the while, he seeks to be judge, jury, and executioner. Sounds like Al-Z doesn't just want to be a demi.....but a full-fledged god himself.

11 posted on 01/23/2005 12:53:30 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: bahblahbah

It's his war on truth, justice, and the American way. He also hates motherhood, apple pie, and Chevrolet. In fact, I'll bet he even hates his own mutha.....


12 posted on 01/23/2005 12:55:46 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: tbird5

this man's head needs to appear on a post in central Baghdad


14 posted on 01/23/2005 1:13:48 PM PST by injin
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To: tbird5

President Bush: "They hate us because of our freedom."

Zarqawi: "We have declared a bitter war against the principle of democracy and all those who seek to enact it"

Any questions?


15 posted on 01/23/2005 1:16:57 PM PST by Avenger
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To: Cactuspete

I remember seeing it....don't remember who posted it. I also recall a Jer Post thread on the rumor, but they never said it was fact. I guess his days are numbered in any case. Just a matter of whether it is a large number or a small number, eh?


16 posted on 01/23/2005 1:17:14 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: cripplecreek

I hope he dies a long slow slow slow slow painful death.


17 posted on 01/23/2005 1:18:38 PM PST by gortklattu (As the preacher in Blazing Saddles said "You're on your own.")
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To: West Coast Conservative

"Wasn't he captured yesterday?"

And the day before, and the day before that, and the day before that...


18 posted on 01/23/2005 1:20:19 PM PST by Buck W. (How can anyone who works for a living vote democrat?)
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To: tbird5

He is getting desperate period..


19 posted on 01/23/2005 2:17:12 PM PST by Fast1
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To: tbird5

But...but...he's a Freedom Fighter! Michael Moore says so!!! /lefty rant off


20 posted on 01/23/2005 2:22:15 PM PST by WestVirginiaRebel ("Senator, we can have this discussion in any way that you would like.")
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