In a bit of interesting news from Iraq, the BBC reports a group of masked men publicly accused Abu Musab al-Zarqawi of killing innocent Iraqis and defiling the Muslim religion. They warned he would be hunted down and killed if he did not leave Iraq immediately. According to the BBC, the men called themselves the Salvation Movement and told Zarqawi, "We will do to you what the coalition forces have failed to do."

If true, it seems to represent another element of the Iraqification of the war against the foreign terrorists, which began with the government's offer of amnesty to Iraqi insurgents.

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Al-Arabiya broadcasted a tape showing masked men (who claimed to be part of a previously unheard of group called the Salvation Movement) issuing a warning to Zarqawi and his gang of terrorists that, unless they left Iraq immediately, they would... [Read More]

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