Zarqawi aide declares war on buildings, wants to attack White House and Vatican

Times of Oman:

The deputy to Al Qaeda’s frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, has asked for orders to attack the White House and the Vatican, according to an audiotape posted on the Internet yesterday.

“To our emir (leader) Abu Musab Al Zarqawi ... we say: We are ready for your orders. We are determined to fight the infidels,” said Sheikh Abdulrahman Al Iraqi in the tape, whose authenticity could not be verified.

“If you point at the White House or the Vatican, we would make every effort so that you reach your target,” he added, in the online statement broadcast a day after a call by Zarqawi to his followers to intensify their fight against the Americans in Iraq.
Targeting symbols is not a way to win a war. You win a war by destroying the enemy's ability to fight. The guy is probably just mouthing off anyway. Al Qaeda has had zero success attacking a defended target. Their only success in Iraq, a war zone, is against civilian targets. There current tactic of choice is to lure first responders to the scene of one of their war crimes where they attempt to attack them in their haste to help victims of their crime. They use these cowardly tactics becuasethey do not have the means to make a more effective attack. These attacks are evidence of the impotence of the insurgents.

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