British troops will not escape, says Zarqawi

[ECH1969]

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraq's most wanted terrorist, has ordered his followers to target British soldiers in the south of the country and warned Britain it "will not escape Iraq without punishment".

His threat came as the continued potency of the insurgency was confirmed by a series of brutal attacks against targets including Iyad Allawi, Iraq's interim prime minister.

A statement on an Islamist website attributed to al-Qa'eda in Iraq, the organisation headed by Zarqawi, called for the "Triangle of Death'' - the centre of the insurgency located in the predominantly Sunni area around Baghdad - to spread south. The lives of informers and collaborators will also be taken, it warned.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/21/wirq21.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/04/21/ixnewstop.html

[Jacobin]

1. "Iraq's most wanted terrorist"

I love that line.

Gee, seems that maybe the people of Iraq don't consider him 'most wanted' or they would have turned him in to the puppet government.

Just sayin

[bemildred]

2. More dishonest reporting from the Telegraph:

A statement on an Islamist website attributed to al-Qa'eda in Iraq, the organisation headed by Zarqawi, called for the "Triangle of Death'' - the centre of the insurgency located in the predominantly Sunni area around Baghdad - to spread south.

That is the entire factual basis for all of this, ummm, imaginative
prose. I must say the al Zarqawi guy is a very effective leader for a
dead guy with one leg.

[acmavm]

3. Zaq's been pretty high profile the past couple of days. But then he

always is when the news for the repubs and the bush** administration isn't all that great.