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14-10-05, 00:52
A statement claiming to be by al-Qaeda in Iraq has rejected as a fake a letter allegedly written by Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's second-in-command.
US intelligence published the letter in full, saying it was intended for the alleged head of the movement in Iraq.
In it, Ayman Zawahiri appears to question insurgents' tactics in attacking Shia Muslims in Iraq.
The claims by US intelligence are "based on imagination", a statement posted on an Islamist website.
"We in al-Qaeda organisation announce that there is no truth to these claims, which are only based on the imagination of the politicians of the Black [White] House and their slaves," the statement said.
It is not possible to verify either the letter or the subsequent denial.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4339912.stm
US intelligence published the letter in full, saying it was intended for the alleged head of the movement in Iraq.
In it, Ayman Zawahiri appears to question insurgents' tactics in attacking Shia Muslims in Iraq.
The claims by US intelligence are "based on imagination", a statement posted on an Islamist website.
"We in al-Qaeda organisation announce that there is no truth to these claims, which are only based on the imagination of the politicians of the Black [White] House and their slaves," the statement said.
It is not possible to verify either the letter or the subsequent denial.
(...)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4339912.stm