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Iraqi Islamist Group Urges Resistance To Government
January 09, 2007
Iraqi security forces carrying out an inspection in Al-Najaf on January 8 (epa)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has vowed to crush illegal armed groups in Baghdad "regardless of sect or politics."
But the so-called Islamic State in Iraq said the plan was an Iranian ploy against Sunni Muslims.
The group's leader, Sheikh Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, urged followers to be ready to "repulse the attacks."
(Reuters)