Re: Iraq & al Qaeda - together again

--- In metatuning@y..., "X. J. Scott" <xjscott@e...> wrote:
> Opposition Says Iraq Militia Trains with Al Qaeda
>
> Sun December 1, 2002 08:22 AM ET
>
>
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=32EEZJTMCA50GCRBAE
ZSFFA?
> type=worldNews&storyID=1831169
>
> BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite Islamist opposition group
Sunday accused
> members of an Iraqi militia of conducting joint training with al
Qaeda
> loyalists aimed at carrying out operations against U.S. interests.
>
> The Tehran-based Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq
(SCIRI) said
> elements of "Saddam's Fedayeen," a militia force led by Iraqi
President
> Saddam Hussein's son Uday, were training with a group linked to al
Qaeda in
> northern Iraq.
>
> "Sixty elements of Saddam's fedayeen militias joined the Jund al-
Islam
> (Soldiers of Islam), which is a follower of the al Qaeda
organization in
> Iraqi Kurdistan," SCIRI said in a statement faxed to Reuters in
Beirut.
>
> "Our sources working on the inside confirmed these elements are
getting
> joint training with elements of Jund al-Islam aimed at carrying out
special
> operations against American interests in the world and with material
> financing from the Iraqi regime," said the statement.
>
> The statement came days after six Iraqi opposition groups,
including SCIRI,
> agreed to meet later this month in London to prepare to take power
if Saddam
> is removed.

gee, jeff, i'm so glad your new best friends are the Supreme Council
for Islamic Revolution in Iraq.

what's wrong with this picture??