al-Qaeda's Democracy Problem
Sunnis may have voted for a secular
Shiite candidate
By Bill Roggio
The day before the parliamentary election,
al Qaeda issued an “urgent statement announcing new attacks
launched today against the American and Iraqi forces’
‘strongholds,’ and to spoil ‘their celebrations of
‘democratic’ disbelief and adultery.’” Other Islamists and
Salafist terrorist groups offered less than forceful
protestations of the election and
vowed not to commit acts of violence against voters or polling
places.
After the latest and not-so-greatest al-Qaeda offensive
fizzled out, the terrorist group
issued another statement vowing to continue their campaign of
terror in Iraq. The question is, to what end? Does al
Qaeda have the ability to influence evens in Iraq, the
forwarding of Democracy? ...
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