Iraqi al-Qaida leader: U.S. admits defeat

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Iraqi al-Qaida leader: U.S. admits defeat
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Mar 17, 2009 15:12:01 EDT

CAIRO — The U.S. is admitting defeat in Iraq with its withdrawal plan, the purported leader of an al-Qaida-dominated insurgent umbrella group in Iraq said in a message released Tuesday.

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq, issued a 17-minute audio statement to militant Web sites, saying his plan of attack has been successful in forcing the U.S. to leave Iraq.

“This plan culminated in the announcement of the black of Washington of the scheduled withdrawal and its tactic of recognition of defeat,” he said, according to a translation by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi sites.

In the audio, al-Baghdadi also used a racist slur to describe President Barack Obama and said that the American people were being fooled by their president with his talk of withdrawal, as it was just a cover for further occupation.

“What the ruler of the occupation state announced is but a deception for the imperialist method, in a new fashion, hoping that the silly and stupid will accept the occupation of our land and humiliation of our dignity for another three years to come,” he said.


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