Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, who leads the group Islamic State in Iraq, said his Sunni fighters have been preparing for four years to wage a battle against Shiite-dominated Iran.
"We are giving the Persians, and especially the rulers of Iran, a two month period to end all kinds of support for the Iraqi Shiite government and to stop direct and indirect intervention ... otherwise a severe war is waiting for you," he said in the 50-minute audiotape. The tape, which could not be independently verified, was posted on a Web site commonly used by insurgent groups.
Al Qaeda didn't mind getting Iranian help at the same time Iran gave Shia death squads help as long as the jihadis thought they'd ultimately win.
Now the jihadis are complaining about Iran's support for the Shia death squads. I guess al Qaeda in Iraq is feeling the hurt from our surge operations.
How adding another enemy to their problems is the solution to losing is beyond me. But that's their problem.
