Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Leader and Founder of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, September 11, 2005

Date
Sep. 11, 2005
Name of Author
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Body

“The Organization of Al-Qa’ida in Mesopotamia has decided…to announce all-out warfare against the Shiites in Iraq, wherever they may be found, tit for tat, for it is you who started this [sic]. Take care, for we swear that we shall offer you no mercy…” David Aaron, In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad (Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2008), 228.

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