Online Q&A Chat Session with a Fighter from Al-Qaida in Iraq

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Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Monday, 07 January 2008 19:00

The NEFA Foundation has obtained a copy of an online question-and-answer session conducted over the Paltalk chat network with a fighter from Al-Qaida's "Islamic State of Iraq" (ISI). During the interview, the ISI fighter discussed the varying state of relations between the Islamic State and an assortment of other Sunni insurgent organizations, including the Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI), the Mujahideen Army, the 1920 Revolution Brigades, and Iraqi Hamas. He also boasted of the ISI's plans for a post-occupation Iraq: "sooner or later, the crusaders will withdraw, and you will witness what will happen." When asked how Usama Ben Laden's recent message has impacted the jihad in Iraq, the ISI fighter characterized it as a call to arms and "the opening shot."

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