© AP/Karim KadimIraqi police officers are seen as one search a motorbike at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011.
The terror group's statement was released on militant websites late Friday. It said the attacks will avenge bin Laden, who was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan in May, and other slain senior al-Qaida leaders.
"By God's will, the campaign starts in the middle of the fasting month (of Ramadan) and ends by God's will after 100 attacks exactly," it said.
The statement said the campaign would include "varied attacks, including raids, martyrdom operations (suicide attacks), roadside bombs, silenced guns and snipers, in all cities, rural areas and provinces" across Iraq.
Monday marked the middle of Ramadan.
© AP/Karim KadimIraqi policemen search a car at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011.
Al-Qaida did not explicitly claim responsibility for those attacks in Friday's statement, but the chaos is widely believed to be the work of al-Qaida in Iraq.
A little over a year ago, U.S. and Iraqi officials said the deaths of al-Qaida in Iraq's two top leaders in a raid had dealt a severe blow to the organization. The group has suffered from a drop in funding and just two weeks ago was calling on former members to come back to the fold, a sign of its diminished status.
But Monday's violence suggests that al-Qaida in Iraq has the ability to resurrect itself and still carry out vicious attacks.
More targets to (false flag) attack? People walk from miles, doing pilgrimages etc.. and who will of course be the victims as well.. which makes no sense as pilgrims and religious people aren't the (made up) enemies of Al-CIAda.
How do they put info up on a website in a country that's mostly without electricity, thus how do computers work? Must be generators.. wait, the generators don't power the internet, just the computers.
...the government(s) don't seem to care about logic, just spreading more fear seems to be the game. Sadly less discerning people(s) aren't going the realize the truth.. until it's to late, as the video states.