Not giving up. “Al-Qaida leader in Iraq calls for continued jihad,” from AP, March 23:
CAIRO — The self-described leader of an al-Qaida front group has called for continued jihad against Iraq’s American “occupiers” after the March 7 election that he claims was boycotted by most Sunni Arabs.
In a 24-minute audio tape posted Tuesday on militant Web sites, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi said the parliamentary election and its results meant nothing for the mujahideen, or holy fighters, and that the next government would be no different from the previous one….