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Earlier today I blogged one such instance and noted: “Nothing will turn the Arab world against Al Qaeda faster than things like this.” Now, just a few hours later, there are two more:
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Gunmen ambushed two more top diplomats from Muslim countries Tuesday in apparent kidnap bids that seemed aimed at scaring off foreign governments and isolating Iraq from the Arab world. Pakistan responded by announcing the withdrawal of its ambassador.
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Zarqawi, who in his last audio tape in May denied to Osama bin Laden that he had been seriously injured, lambasted Iraqi army as apostates and vowed to continue attacking them.
“Some have said there are two kinds of a resistance; an honorable resistance fighting the infidel occupier and a dishonorable resistance one fighting Iraqis.
“We declare that the Iraqi army is an apostate, agent army allied to the crusaders and came to destroy Islam and Muslims. We will fight it,” the speaker said.
From the standpoint of the GWOT, this could have favorable consequences. The terrorists could alienate the larger Muslims population, potentially turning that population against them.
