When you're mad, behead!

Ansar al-Sunnah, an Iraqi terrorist group loosely associated with al-Quaida, posted a new beheading video on the Internet. No mention of al-Zarqawi is made, but the message is apparent: We'll just keep going on acting like thuggish nutjobs until you kill us too! Shocking, I know.

The video — as grisly as any the al-Qaida in Iraq leader issued — was clearly designed to quash hopes that the Sunni-dominated insurgency might change tactics by ending attacks on Shiite civilians and institutions, especially the police.

Fellow Sunni insurgent groups sent condolences for al-Zarqawi in Internet messages Saturday and warned Sunnis not to cooperate with the Iraqi government, an apparent call for unity three days after U.S. forces killed the terror leader in a targeted airstrike.

al-Zarqawi hit the web HARD from Hell yesterday to receive said condolences, but was noticeably frustrated when his AOL connection only connected at 18.8 K and he was unable to view the beheading video.

"And this damn computer has no sound either!" he screamed as another in a long line of perpetual backdrafts blew in from a carelessly opened door.

With its gruesome killings and militants chanting "Allahu Akbar", or "God is Great," the 15-minute video illustrates the depth of Shiite-Sunni rivalries.

It shows three men in military uniform, sitting on the ground with their hands bound behind their backs in a small concrete room with gunmen standing around them.

Under questioning, the men say they are members of the "Wolf Brigade," a special Iraqi police commando unit that Sunnis accuse of being a front for Shiite militiamen who kill Sunni Arabs.

"They (the Sunnis) were beheaded by those who took and detained them," one of the three says. Next the video shows the three captives lying on the ground outdoors. A militant sharpens a knife before he, with the help of others, beheads the men one by one.

At the end of the tape, the group warns Iraqis against joining the security forces: "Otherwise, you will live in terror until we eliminate you and your fate will be in Hell."

Ninety-thousand Iraqi police have been trained as of April 28, 2006.

posted by Feisty at 04:35 PM

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