The Iraqi insurgent umbrella group, the Islamic State of Iraq, named al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman as its new minister of war, replacing the Egyptian Abu Ayyub al-Masri, killed in a U.S.-Iraqi military strike on a safe house in April. The ISI counts al-Qaida as one of its member groups.
"Wait for the long gloomy nights and dark days soaked with blood," said Abu Suleiman, addressing Iraq's "polytheistic rejecters," an insulting term for Shiites common among extremist Sunnis. "What is happening to you nowadays is just a drizzle." The written message was posted on militant websites Friday.
Wow. Al Qaeda promising to slaughter innocents? Where the heck did that come from? I mean, have they not heard about the president's Cairo speech reaching out to Islam?
When dealing with the jihadis, I continue to favor the approach of killing them all.
I'm a bit worried that the bravado of the murdering scum has been bolstered by Iran.
Not that al Qaeda could reverse their losses with a renewed killing spree. But they will leave a more bloody trail on their path to complete defeat in Iraq.
