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June 14, 2004

Purported Zarqawi Letter: "The Future Is Becoming Frightening"

For them, not us, the letter means.

Could be a fake, of course. Still:

Titled ''The text of al-Zarqawi's message to Osama bin Laden about holy war in Iraq,'' the statement appeared on Web sites that have recently carried claims of responsibility for attacks in Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

''The space of movement is starting to get smaller,'' it said. ''The grip is starting to be tightened on the holy warriors' necks and, with the spread of soldiers and police, the future is becoming frightening.''

The statement says the militant movement in Iraq is racing against time to form battalions that can take control of the country ''four months before the formation of the promised Iraqi government, hoping to spoil their plan.'' It appears to refer to the government that would take office after the elections scheduled for January 2005.

Assuming it's genuine:


posted by Ace at 09:11 PM
Comments



Smells like bullshit. We can't manage to find Zarqawi but we can manage to intercept his field memos to bin Laden -- twice? Also, the "grip on the neck" prose is just a little bit over the top. It sounds like a conversation between Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin.

Posted by: Allah on June 14, 2004 09:35 PM

Yes, it does sound like an implausible admission, but the article says not that we "intercepted" it, but that it's being published on Al Qaeda websites (or at least websites of those proclaiming responsibility for recent attacks).

Posted by: ace on June 14, 2004 09:40 PM

Aha. It helps to read all the words, doesn't it?

So then. Why would Al Qaeda publish a letter from one of its top people stating how bleak the future looks? It would be like the DoD website publishing a press release from Rumsfeld entitled, "We're Fucked."

Posted by: Allah on June 14, 2004 09:45 PM

Why does NARAL send out letters saying that women can't get abortions in Idaho?

Posted by: ace on June 14, 2004 09:46 PM

If that's the case, it's clearly disinformation. I'm sure they know that the law enforcement and intelligence agencies all around the world are monitoring websites and online forii.

Posted by: Smack on June 14, 2004 09:47 PM

Organizations have two standard letters:

1) We're doing great! Send us money so we can do more great work!

and

2) We're doing horribly! We're losing! A [blank's] right to [blank] is threatened by a vast [blank] wing conspiracy! Send us money so that we can fight against the forces of [repression/"fabulousness"]!

And the funny thing is they send out both types of letters in the same week.

Posted by: ace on June 14, 2004 09:48 PM

Point taken, but how often do you see letter number two being sent out by a government (or quasi-government) in wartime? NARAL's got nothing to lose; but a military with troops already fighting on the front has to think about the effect their letter will have on those troops' morale. Just seems strange to me that Al Q would risk discouraging the scum in the field.

Posted by: Allah on June 14, 2004 09:54 PM

For a story entitled "The Future Is Becoming Frightening," shouldn't you use a current photo of Tawny Kitaen?

In other words, if Zarqawi's organization is sending out two letters this week, the "We're doing great, send us more money" letter has a picture of TK spread-eagle on a Jaguar.

The letter you've quoted, on the other hand, has her mugshot and says, "Our future looks like this."

Posted by: on June 14, 2004 10:04 PM

It makes sense that the Jihadis use this type of medium to communicate with the big man...I doubt Zarqawi can just slap a couple of Ahmed Yassin Commemorative stamps on an envelope and overnight it to Osama. Still I would expect such stuff to be coded or whatnot.

Posted by: Dave on June 14, 2004 10:22 PM
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