Al Qaeda in Iraq’s Leader Calls for a Month-Long Offensive Against U.S. Army
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The leader of al Qaeda Organization in Iraq, Abu Hamza al Muhajir, who is also the "war minister" of the Islamic State of Iraq, released an hour-long audiotape on Saturday. (article 4)
Abu Hamza al-Muhajir dedicated the bulk of his message to reminding his operatives that their war with the "infidels" was purely doctrinal. (article 4)
A man claiming to be the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq vowed in an audiotape released Saturday to launch a month-long offensive against U.S. troops. (article 5)
Congress plans to press the Bush administration aggressively to justify its policy in Afghanistan following a nonpartisan report that concludes that the administration "lacks a comprehensive plan" to take on al Qaeda in its stronghold. (article 7)
In an attack this winter on Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the Democratic front-runner, Mr. McCain went further, warning that if American forces withdrew, Al Qaeda would be " taking a country. (article 2)
Opponents of the war accuse the administration of deliberately blurring the distinction between the Sept. 11 attackers and anti-American forces in Iraq. (article 2)
BAGHDAD - An American soldier was killed Thursday afternoon when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb while he was on a combat patrol north of Baghdad, according to a statement released Friday by the military. (article 3)
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Source articles
- Al Qaeda in Iraq calls for offensive against U.S. (CNN, 04/19/2008, 39 words)
- McCain, Iraq War and the Threat of ‘Al Qaeda’ (nytimes.com, 04/19/2008, 1093 words)
- Bomb Kills U.S. Soldier in Baghdad (nytimes.com, 04/19/2008, 234 words)
- Al Qaeda in Iraq’s Leader Calls for a Month-Long Offensive Against U.S. Army (CBS News, 04/21/2008, 272 words)
- Al-Qaeda in Iraq calls for one-month offensive (cbc.ca, 04/20/2008, 219 words)
- New York Post (NY Post, 04/22/2008, 171 words)
- ABC News: No Bin Laden Plan: Congress Wants Answers (ABCNews, 04/19/2008, 351 words)
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