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February 21, 2007 Special Dispatch No. 1469

Islamist Websites Monitor Project No. 66

February 21, 2007
Special Dispatch No. 1469

Islamic State in Iraq Accuses Iraqi Government of Publishing False Reports About Al-Muhajir

On February 16, 2007 the Islamic State in Iraq (ISI) posted a communiqué on Islamist websites denying reports that its leader, Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir, has been wounded. The communiqué states: "The [Iraqi] government has announced that members of the apostate and collaborator forces wounded Sheikh Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir and killed his assistant in North Baghdad... However, [the fact is that] he and his immigrant brothers are living comfortably among [the Iraqi mujahideen]..."

The communiqué adds that if Al-Maliki's government has to resort to such lies, which even the Americans deny, its downfall must be imminent.

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