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An Iranian order intercepted by the United States instructs Shiite militia groups in Iraq to attack the American Embassy in Baghdad should the U.S. strike Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.The intercepted message reportedly came from the head of Iran s Qods Force, a paramilitary arm of the country s Revolutionary Guards. The order directs militias to prepare to respond with force should the U.S. attack the Bashar Assad regime, Iran s ally. Iran reportedly tells militants to attack U.S. interests 00:14 The Associated Press also reported Friday that Iranian-backed Shiite militias are threatening retaliation inside Iraq, citing Iraqi security officials and Shiite militants.Iraqi officials say they are taking the warnings seriously. The threats, which come as President Barack Obama s administration and Congress debate possible military action over the Syrian regime s alleged use of chemical weapons, risk exacerbating an increasingly deteriorating security environment inside Iraq.Cleric Wathiq al-Batat, who leads the Mukhtar Arm adidas campus 00s y, a shadowy Iranian-bac samba og ked militia, said his forces are preparing for a strong reaction against the interests of the U.S. and other countries that take part in any Syria strike. He claimed that militants have selected hund nike dunk reds of potential targets, which could inclu Oqjx Heavy Turnout For French Prez Poll
A video posted on an Islamic Web site Monday shows the apparent beheading of a man identified in the tape as American construction contractor Eugene Armstrong.The killing was purportedly carried out personally by key terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.In Washington, a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Armstrong s stanley kubek body had been recovered, but the official would provide no information about where or when it had been recovered.The official also would not comment on the video s authenticity.The voce of the militant reading the statement on the 9-minute tape could not be verified, but it sounded like past recordings said to be of al-Zarqawi. The Tawhid and Jihad group, led by al-Zarqawi, had threatened to behead Armstrong, fellow American Jack Hensley and Briton Kenneth Bigley unless Iraqi women were released by Monday from two U.S.-controlled prisons in Iraq.The speaker on the tape warned the other two hostages would be killed in 24 hours unless all Muslim women prisoner stanley cup s were released.More than 100 foreigners have been kidnapped in Iraq, some for lucrative ransoms, and at least 26 have been executed. At least five other Westerners are currently being held hostage here, including an Iraqi-American man, two female Italian aid workers and two French reporters.In other developments:Eighteen Iraqi National Guard members held hostage were released, the Arab television station Al-Jazeera said. A militant group had threatened to kill the captives unless one
An Iranian order intercepted by the United States instructs Shiite militia groups in Iraq to attack the American Embassy in Baghdad should the U.S. strike Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.The intercepted message reportedly came from the head of Iran s Qods Force, a paramilitary arm of the country s Revolutionary Guards. The order directs militias to prepare to respond with force should the U.S. attack the Bashar Assad regime, Iran s ally. Iran reportedly tells militants to attack U.S. interests 00:14 The Associated Press also reported Friday that Iranian-backed Shiite militias are threatening retaliation inside Iraq, citing Iraqi security officials and Shiite militants.Iraqi officials say they are taking the warnings seriously. The threats, which come as President Barack Obama s administration and Congress debate possible military action over the Syrian regime s alleged use of chemical weapons, risk exacerbating an increasingly deteriorating security environment inside Iraq.Cleric Wathiq al-Batat, who leads the Mukhtar Arm adidas campus 00s y, a shadowy Iranian-bac samba og ked militia, said his forces are preparing for a strong reaction against the interests of the U.S. and other countries that take part in any Syria strike. He claimed that militants have selected hund nike dunk reds of potential targets, which could inclu Oqjx Heavy Turnout For French Prez Poll
A video posted on an Islamic Web site Monday shows the apparent beheading of a man identified in the tape as American construction contractor Eugene Armstrong.The killing was purportedly carried out personally by key terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.In Washington, a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Armstrong s stanley kubek body had been recovered, but the official would provide no information about where or when it had been recovered.The official also would not comment on the video s authenticity.The voce of the militant reading the statement on the 9-minute tape could not be verified, but it sounded like past recordings said to be of al-Zarqawi. The Tawhid and Jihad group, led by al-Zarqawi, had threatened to behead Armstrong, fellow American Jack Hensley and Briton Kenneth Bigley unless Iraqi women were released by Monday from two U.S.-controlled prisons in Iraq.The speaker on the tape warned the other two hostages would be killed in 24 hours unless all Muslim women prisoner stanley cup s were released.More than 100 foreigners have been kidnapped in Iraq, some for lucrative ransoms, and at least 26 have been executed. At least five other Westerners are currently being held hostage here, including an Iraqi-American man, two female Italian aid workers and two French reporters.In other developments:Eighteen Iraqi National Guard members held hostage were released, the Arab television station Al-Jazeera said. A militant group had threatened to kill the captives unless one
