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Audio tape from Al-Qaida denies link to Najaf bombing
www.chinaview.cn 2003-09-07 21:39

   BAGHDAD, Sept. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- A tape recording purportedly from Al-Qaida terror network denied on Sunday any link to a double-car bombing which killed Iraqi Shiite leader Ayatollah Baquer Mohammed al-Hakim.

  In the tape broadcast by Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV channel, a voice claimed to be of a member of the terror group said his network had nothing to do with the attack.

  The deadly bomb attack also killed 82 of al-Hakim's followers and wounded hundreds on Aug. 29 in Najaf, 180 km south of Iraqi capital city of Baghdad.

  Iraqi police has said some suspects they arrested after the bombing attack had association with al-Qaida, the terror group alleged to have plotted the massive attacks on America on Sept. 11,2001. Enditem

  


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