'Rockets struck their targets accurately' (Archive photo)
צילום: cnn
Iraq jihadis claim 'chemical rockets'
Al-Ayoubi Brigades release video showing preparation, firing of rockets claimed to contain chemical agent
A jihadi propaganda video released on Wednesday by the Salah al-Din al-Ayoubi Brigades, part of the Islamic Iraqi Resistance Front (also known as JAMI), purports to show members preparing and launching "chemical rockets" at a US target in Iraq.
In the video, men wearing gas masks can be seen pouring a black fluid, resembling crude oil, into the rockets as they are being assembled, although there is no evidence to suggest that the substance is actually a harmful agent.
The footage has been made available by the Jihad Unspun website, which reproduces a number of jihadi statements and videos.
The Site Institute, which monitors Islamist communications, said a communiqué was released with the clip, "calling this a 'unique operation,'" and added that "JAMI fired these rockets at an American base in Samara."
The message also claimed the rockets struck their targets accurately.
In a separate message, released earlier in January, the leader of the "Islamic state of Iraq," declared by al-Qaeda in Iraq , was reported to say that the US "is only beginning to realize its role as a means for Iran to gain control in Iraq with minimal losses."
In the past few months, al-Qaeda in Iraq has begun releasing increasingly hostile rhetoric against Iran and Shiite Muslims in Iraq.
