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"Al Qaeda in Iraq" threatens large scale attacks Al Qaeda in Iraq vowed on Sunday to carry out large-scale attacks that would "shake the enemy" after the killing of its leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, but did not name a successor. The group, in an Internet statement, said its leading body held a meeting after Zarqawi's death on Wednesday to discuss strategy and renew a pledge to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. "We plan large-scaled operations that will shake the enemy and rob them
of sleep, in coordination with the other factions of the Mujahideen
Council," said the statement posted an a Web site often used by
Islamist militants. Bin Laden had declared Zarqawi his deputy in Iraq. The Jordanian militant was killed after U.S. warplanes raided his hideout in a village north of Baghdad. After his death, al Qaeda vowed to continue fighting the U.S.-led occupation and the Baghdad government in an Internet statement signed by Zarqawi's deputy, Abu Abdulrahman al-Iraqi. In January, al Qaeda in Iraq and some other militant groups set up an umbrella body -- the Mujahideen Council -- to coordinate their operations. Zarqawi was blamed for a campaign of car bombs and beheadings. Al Qaeda watchers say his successor may be a local figure who focuses attacks more on U.S. and Iraqi troops and less on brutal beheadings and suicide bombings. ---------------------------------------------------
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