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Reuters reports: “Iraq’s al Qaeda vowed to kill anyone negotiating with the U.S.-backed Iraqi government in a Web statement on Tuesday, a sign the group was worried about possible divisions among its Sunni Muslim allies.

The group led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was responding to what it said were reports that tribal leaders in Iraq’s third-largest city Mosul, the scene of frequent outbreaks of guerrilla violence, were seeking talks.”

As the warm light of hope and democracy grows in the hearts of Iraqis, there are those outside, enemies of liberty, who desperately want to extinguish it.

“Liars claim that the sheikhs of tribes in Mosul plan to hand over mujahideen (holy fighters) and assist the crusaders and apostates, and we do not know which tribes or sheikhs they speak of,” the Sunni Muslim group said.

“We will impose God’s punishment on anyone who stands by the crusaders or becomes their ally or supports them. The righteous swords are unsheathed and hunger for blood,” it said in a statement posted on an Islamist Web site.

Sounds like the “Howard Dean” of the Middle East. Unhinged and spiteful. A fury of hate. Who’s writing his lines?

But seriously, if only all Iraqis could see the promise of freedom and the opportunity that stands before them, to build a better life and country for themselves and their children.

The Islamist radicals using violence and preaching fear have the most to lose: their reign of terror and the suppression of human spirit: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That is what needs to be understood.

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