Video Shows UAV Allegedly Downed in Iraq

On January 12, 2007, Islamist websites posted a two-minute video produced by the media department of Jama'at Ansar Al-Sunna (the Group of the Supporters of the Sunna), which shows a UAV, claimed to be an American military device intercepted by Jama'at Ansar Al-Sunna, in Al-Dhulu'iyya, Iraq. The film shows the UAV from various angles, focusing on the damage to its body and wing, and shows also the various parts of the dismantled UAV.

The video can be viewed at: http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ClipMediaID=439927&ak=null.

Below are images from the video:

The Islamic State in Iraq Comments on Bush's New Strategy

Islamist websites recently posted a message by the Islamic State in Iraq responding to Bush's new strategy in the country. The message stated: "...This nonsense [i.e. Bush's new strategy in Iraq] is nothing but [a step on the way to] admitting defeat and fleeing from the hell that is Iraq… The [piece of] media hype known as the Baghdad Security Plan or Bush's New Strategy will not change the nature of the fighting in any way. The enemy has [merely] started to [try and] save face… The security plans which were [initially] applied to all of Iraq have [now] been restricted to Baghdad, after the courageous mujahideen… forced [the enemy] to taste bitterness."