Insurgents threaten Iraqi, multinational targets

Insurgents warned today that they will attack all Iraqi and multinational targets with “weapons and military tactics they have not experienced” if American troops try to storm Fallujah.

In a video, a masked gunman dressed in an old-style Iraqi army uniform read the statement on behalf of the “factions of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Iraq”.

The speaker, who appeared with seven other masked, armed men, accused the Iraqi government of “aborting a peaceful solution with the people of Fallujah”, adding that if the Americans storm the city: “We swear in the name of God that all armed factions will attack all military and civilian targets of the occupation forces and the interim government.”

“We will attack them with weapons and military tactics they have not experienced before and in the ways and forms of our choosing,” he added.

The speaker warned all Iraqi military personnel and government employees to quit their jobs, otherwise they ”will be permissible targets for our fighters.”

He spoke in front of a banner reading “The Movement of Iraqi National Resistance Regiments.”