Al Qaeda in Iraq

Al Qaeda in Iraq appointed Nasser al Din Allah Abu Suleiman as its new ‘war minister’ for the Islamic State of Iraq. He vowed to attack Iraqi security forces and subject the Shia to “a long and gloomy night and darker days colored in blood.”

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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