BAGHDAD Two Iraqi insurgent groups called on President-elect
Barack Obama to withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan and abandon the
war on terror, an Internet monitoring service reported Friday.
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, self-styled head of the Al Qaeda front group
the Islamic State of Iraq, said in a speech posted on an extremist
Web site that it would be better "for you and us" to "withdraw your
forces" and "return to your homes," according to the SITE
Intelligence Group that monitors militant Web sites.
Al-Baghdadi blamed the global financial crisis on the wars "launched
in Muslim countries" and said he was issuing the call on behalf
of "my brothers in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Chechnya," SITE
said.
The U.S. military says al-Baghdadi is an actor who provides a voice
for Al Qaeda in Iraq propaganda.
In a separate statement, the Mujahedeen Army, a Sunni insurgent
group, urged Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq or face "days
that will be more difficult than the nightmare experienced by his
predecessor."
According to SITE, the statement said both Democrats and Republicans
share attitudes hostile to Muslims and both support Israel, which
means there will be little change in U.S. policy in the Middle East.
"The one who won the presidential election won the approval of the
Jewish lobby, which controls, to a large extent, the administration
of American foreign policy," the Mujahedeen Army statement said.
The Islamic State of Iraq purports to be an umbrella organization of
religious extremist groups including Al Qaeda in Iraq.
The Mujahedeen Army emerged in late 2004 and has distanced itself
from al-Qaida because of opposition to the terror movement's attacks
on Shiite civilians.
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