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In Iraq, a clear-cut bin Laden-Zarqawi alliance: Audiotape of Al Qaeda leader, released Tuesday, coincided with deadly insurgent attacks.
By Dan Murphy, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor, December 30, 2004
AMMAN, JORDAN - The connection between Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was cemented with Mr. bin Laden's latest taped statement on Tuesday, in which he praised the Jordanian militant and said anyone who participates in Iraq's Jan. 30 election will be considered an infidel and fair game for attack.
When Mr. Zarqawi's terrorist movement emerged in Iraq more than a year ago, intelligence analysts saw it as separate from Al Qaeda, with more ferocious rhetoric than the better-known terror group and a willingness to kill large numbers of Muslim civilians.
But now, the US and its allies face a grave and growing threat: an alliance of mutual interests and convenience between the group that carried out the 9/11 attacks in the United States and the one that has contributed so much to Iraq's chaos.
Coalition Warfare, Part II: How Zarqawi Fits into Bin Laden's World Front, By Michael Scheuer, Terrorism Focus (Jamestown Foundation), Volume 2, Issue 8 (April 28, 2005).
By Dan Murphy, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor, December 30, 2004
AMMAN, JORDAN - The connection between Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was cemented with Mr. bin Laden's latest taped statement on Tuesday, in which he praised the Jordanian militant and said anyone who participates in Iraq's Jan. 30 election will be considered an infidel and fair game for attack.
When Mr. Zarqawi's terrorist movement emerged in Iraq more than a year ago, intelligence analysts saw it as separate from Al Qaeda, with more ferocious rhetoric than the better-known terror group and a willingness to kill large numbers of Muslim civilians.
But now, the US and its allies face a grave and growing threat: an alliance of mutual interests and convenience between the group that carried out the 9/11 attacks in the United States and the one that has contributed so much to Iraq's chaos.
Coalition Warfare, Part II: How Zarqawi Fits into Bin Laden's World Front, By Michael Scheuer, Terrorism Focus (Jamestown Foundation), Volume 2, Issue 8 (April 28, 2005).
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