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Summary Al-Qaida in Iraq says it will carry out 100 attacks to exact revenge for Osama bin Laden.
The terror groups statement was released on militant websites. It says the attacks will avenge bin Laden, who was killed by US forces in Pakistan in May, and other slain senior al-Qaida leaders.Since last Monday which marked the middle of Ramazan, a wave of crushing attacks swept across Iraq from the northern city of Mosul to the southern Shiite heartland. At least 70 people died in suicide bombings, roadside bombs and shootings in what was Iraqs deadliest day this year.Al-Qaida did not explicitly claim responsibility for those attacks in Fridays statement.
