Qaeda's Baghdadi reaches out to insurgents

"The head of an al Qaeda-linked group in Iraq said the country had become a 'university of terrorism,' producing highly qualified warriors, since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
In an audio recording posted on the Internet on Tuesday, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq, said his fighters were successfully confronting U.S. forces in Iraq and have begun producing a guided missile called al-Quds 1 or Jerusalem 1.
. . . Addressing insurgent groups such as the Islamic Army in Iraq and the Ansar al-Sunna, Baghdadi said he strongly opposed any fighting between insurgent groups and vowed to take all necessary measures to prevent bloodshed.
'By God, you will not hear or see but good things (from us),' he said.
Ibrahim al-Shemmari, the spokesman of the Islamic Army in Iraq, welcomed Baghdadi's remarks.
'If they want to ... preserve the blood of Sunnis, we would be the happiest people to hear this talk,' he told Al Jazeera television in a telephone interview. 'We want to point out weapons at our enemies' chests and not at each other.' "

source
Sedarat, Firouz. (Reuters). Qaeda group says Iraq a "university of terror." April 17, 2007.

posted: saturday, april 21, 2007, 4:04 AM ET
update: saturday, april 21, 2007, 4:30 AM ET

tags: iraq abu omar al-baghdadi