In response to Osama bin Laden's call to "Awakening" movement forces in Iraq to stop collaborating with the Americans (see http://memriiwmp.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=336), forces commanders said that they were determined to continue their war against Al-Qaeda until it is expelled from Iraq.
The Al-Anbar district commander said that Al-Qaeda had no influence in his province and that his forces would continue to hunt down the organization until the last of its men was eliminated.
A forces commander in the Salah Al-Din district, in northern Baghdad, called Al-Qaeda "gangs and highwaymen who harm the honor of the women of the Iraqis and shed [Iraqis' blood," and added that the deeds of bin Laden's men were counter to Islamic principles and to morality.
A member of the Awakening forces in the Diyala district accused Al-Qaeda of spreading corruption in Iraq and of attempting to occupy Iraq in the guise of serving the religion and Islam, and promised to eliminate Al-Qaeda members.
Source: Al-Hayat, London, January 1, 2008
