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Al Qaida's replacement for assassinated leader vows 'dark days soaked with blood'

BAGHDAD — The Al Qaida network has named a new leader to replace the one assassinated by the United States in April 2010.

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AQI has named Nasser Liden Abu Suleiman as the so-called minister of war. Abu Suleiman replaced AQI commander Abu Ayoub Al Masri, killed in a U.S.-Iraqi operation near Baghdad in April.

"Wait for long gloomy nights and dark days soaked with blood," Abu Suleiman said in a statement on May 14.


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Abu Suleiman has been identified as a minister in the Al Qaida-aligned Islamic State of Iraq. During the April operation, the commander of Islamic State of Iraq, Abu Omar Al Baghdadi, was also killed, Middle East Newsline reported.

In the statement, Abu Suleiman, not believed to be his real name, asserted that AQI has launched a new offensive against the Iraqi government. He said the latest attacks have been targeting Iraqi police and military checkpoints as well as Shi'ite communities.

"How can the men of the state close their eyes while they see [Shi'ites] transgressing against the people of Islam, men and women, in the prisons of the apostates in Baghdad, Mosul, and Diyala?" Abu Suleiman asked. "The matter has become unbearable; patience has run out."

In the past, AQI was regarded as separate from the Islamic State of Iraq. It was not known whether the groups had merged in what would enable Abu Suleiman to command both Islamic insurgency units.

In May, AQI attacks have intensified in the wake of the assassination of Al Masri and Al Baghdadi. On May 11, more than 120 people were killed in what appeared to be a coordinated series of bombings and shooting throughout Iraq.

"What is happening to you nowadays is just a drizzle," Abu Suleiman said.



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