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The Iraqi insurgent group Ansar al Islam released a short video showing three of its members allegedly targeting the U.S. Base at Mosul airport with a makeshift missile. The video shows the militants firing the missiles, but does not include footage of the actual attack. The statement accompanying the video claims the target had been hit.

The video was produced by the group’s media wing Al Ansar Media Foundation.

Pictures of the leader of the Shiite militant group League of the Righteous -"Asaeb Ahlu Al haq in Iraq" - Akram al Kaabi, appeared for the first time in a short video released by the group.

The video showed al Kaabi addressing a crowd of supporters in Najaf, firing an RPG and a machine gun at an unknown desert area.

The Iraqi Armed Forces’ General Command, a group headed by the former Iraqi vice president Izzet Ibrahim al Doury, released a short video showing an IED attack on a U.S. armored vehicle in Diyala.

Several Iraqi Insurgent groups released new videos of attacks they carried out.
The Army of al Mujahideen released a short video of an attack with an RPG-3 grenade on a U.S. MRAP in al Qayyara area.

Another Iraqi group, Dawa Wal Ribat, released a video showing a U.S. soldier shot by a sniper in what the group said was western Iraq.

And Ansar al Islam posted a short video of an IED attack on a U.S. convoy in Mosul.

The Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation, a group associated with former Iraqi Vice President Ezzat al Douri, released its fourth compilation video on the Internet. The 30-minute video was divided into four sections which included UAV, mortar, rocket and IED attacks. It included new footage of a UAV that was shot down by the group, the firing of 82 and 120 mm mortars, grad missiles being fired at various targets and the making and detonation of IEDs.

The Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation is an Iraqi insurgent front comprised of around 23 militia groups formed in October 2007 and led by al Douri.

Three new Iraqi insurgent videos were released on the Internet Thursday. The Iraqi group Ansar al Islam released a short video of a missile attack on a U.S. Humvee in what the group said was Kirkuk.

The Islamic State of Iraq released a short video showing an IED attack on a US MRAP in what the group said was Diyala.





And the Army of al Mujahideen released a video with night pictures showing an attack on U.S. Humvee in what the group said was al Anba.

The East Turkistan Islamic Party released a video statement by “Commander Abdullah Mansour.”

In the video, which was released in Uighur language, Mansour warned governments against arresting and extraditing Turkistanis to China.

His warning comes following Pakistani media reports suggesting that nine members of the East Turkistan Islamic Party had been arrested and handed over to China. Mansour dismissed the report and threatened that the party would retaliate against any government that arrests party members.

Abdullah Mansour is the same commander who declared war on China in a video tape released last August. He then warned that the group would be targeting the Olympic Games in Beijing, and asked Muslims not to go to the games.

The spokesperson for Iraqi insurgent group The Islamic Army in Iraq (ISI) said U.S. President Barack Obama can choose between withdrawing from Iraq and thus enjoying friendly relations with Iraq and other Arab countries and facing a vicious war that would drain the U.S. even more and enable Iran to strengthen its presence in the country.

Ali al Noeimy addressed the U.S. president in a 22-minute tape released on militant Islamist Internet forums by The Islamic Army in Iraq on Monday.

Al Noeimy started his message by analyzing the situation. “The single superpower status that America has strived to maintain for decades is now gone. America has lost its global leadership, its economy has collapsed and became casualty of the credit crunch, it gave other countries the chance to rebel against it and it is no longer capable of supporting its allies,” he said.

Al Noeimy accused former U.S. President George W. Bush of offering Iraq to the Iranians on a silver platter “without needing to fire a single bullet.”

“The arrogance and stupidity of the previous administration is what gave Iran today enough influence that could enable it to control Iraqi oil sources without spending a single dollar, or firing a single bullet,” said al Noeimy.

Al Noeimy was however optimistic about how things could be different under President Obama’s leadership.

“We look with eager anticipation to your decisions and your statements and also to your speech before the Turkish parliament. This shows us that you are at the beginning of the road so don’t break your promises to the American people or to the other people,” he said.

A Pakistani anti-Taliban online group released eight videos showing atrocities committed by members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan group. Islamabad Observer claimed the videos were all new ones that were leaked to them.

Most of the videos showed graphic pictures of beheadings and executions of Pakistani troops and “spies.” The videos were produced by different media outlets.

One of the videos showed a public execution of a man that featured in a Sky News report that was broadcasted last month. Sky News had reported at the time that the tape was handed to them.

Other videos showed a compilation of sniper attacks, which are an unusual method of attack for the Taliban, and a suicide attack carried out by a teenage suicide bomber.

A scroll across the screen on most videos read, “This video is shown only to expose the true face of the militants occupying areas of Pakistan. The videos were made by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Please help Pakistan get rid of those people. Talibanization is spreading very quickly all over the country. Please support us because if we fall, everyone will fall to them.”

A media group called the Supporters of the Islamic State posted its first release on the Internet, which consisted of three short videos of sniper attacks targeting U.S. troops.