Al-Qaida calls for Ramadan attacks

AL-QAIDA in Iraq has urged supporters to intensify attacks on US and Iraqi forces during the holy month of Ramadan, which began yesterday, and called for a boycott of next week’s constitutional referendum.

The call to boycott the national vote was issued in an internet posting yesterday, while the exhortation to increase attacks was published on the web on Monday.

“While we are in this Ramadan, we say O Islam, muster your strength, and we incite the believers to fight the worshippers of the cross who have violated the [religious] limits and honours, demolished mosques and houses, burnt copies of the Koran and sowed corruption in the land,” the group said.