Friday, April 28, 2006

Zarqawi: the man, the image, the video star / Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr 2006

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0428/p09s01-coop.html Fawaz A. Gerges
"Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the elusive leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, made his screen debut this week. In a 35-minute video, the man responsible for the car-bomb deaths of hundreds of Iraqi civilians and the beheadings of numerous foreigners, dismissed the new Iraqi government as an American 'stooge' and a 'poisoned dagger' in the heart of the Muslim community. He promised more attacks. The Zarqawi video comes, perhaps not coincidentally, days after another call by Osama bin Laden that Muslims support Al Qaeda in its war with the West."