Iraq Qaeda wants own Islamic state for Sunnis

[ECH1969]

An Iraqi militant group led by Al Qaeda has called for a separate Islamic state in Baghdad and other areas with a large Sunni Arab population, according to a video posted on the Internet on Sunday.

“Your brothers in the Mutayibeen Coalition herald the establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq ... to protect our religion and our people, to prevent strife and so that the blood and sacrifices of your martyrs are not lost,” a speaker for the coalition said on the video.

The speaker, whose face was blotted out on the video, said the Islamic state should include Baghdad, the provinces of Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk, Salahedddin, Nineveh and parts of Babel and Wasit. Iraq has 18 provinces.

He said the move to announce the Islamic state came after ”the Kurds secured a northern state and a federal state was approved for the rejectionists (Shia Muslims) in the centre and the south”.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2006/October/focusoniraq_October94.xml§ion=focusoniraq

[aquart]

1. Done. Be happy.

Uh, which state has the oil?

[Kagemusha]

3. The one that al-Qaeda in Iraq wouldn't run.

But from their perspective, they're not gonna run the Shiite south or the Kurdish north anyway so, what do they have to lose?

[MindPilot]

2. We can build a wall right through the middle of Baghdad!!!

That's never been done before, right?

It shouldn't be needed, but just in case...:sarcasm: