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Zarqawi savages US talks, vows to fight Iraqi Shiite

The head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, lashed out at contacts between some rebels and US officials as he announced the creation of a new unit to take on Shiite foes, in a voice message attributed to him.Meanwhile, Iraq’s most wanted man, who has a 25 million dollar bounty on his head, also puportedly vowed to head to the Palestinian territories to continue the fight after “victory” had been won in Iraq. “The enemy is experiencing its worst days on the soil of Mesopotamia, at a time when a member of the US Congress has said the United States is losing the war in Iraq,” said the voice message on an Internet site, without giving further explanation.Full Story