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December 6, 2007
Special Dispatch No.1779
ISI Commander Abu 'Omar Al-Baghdadi Announces New Raid on Awakening Movement in Iraq

On December 4, 2007, the Islamist website www.alhesbah.net, hosted by NOC4Hosts Inc. in Florida, USA, posted an audio message by ISI commander Abu 'Omar Al-Baghdadi, produced by the ISI ["Islamic State of Iraq," an Al-Qaeda created and affiliated body] media company Al-Furqan. In the message, titled "As for the Scum – It Disappears like Froth (Koran 13:17)," Al-Baghdadi announces the launch of a new raid against the Awakening, the U.S.-backed tribal movement aimed at expelling Al-Qaeda from Iraq.


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