In a statement posted on an Islamist Web site on Sunday, al Qaeda in Iraq threatened “large-scale operations that will shake the enemy and rob them of sleep.” “The mujahedeen Shura Council and al Qaeda in Mesopotamia [Iraq] held a meeting right after the killing of the commander-in-chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, may God bless his soul,” the statement said. In that meeting, leaders decided to continue their jihad, they said. They also said that al-Zarqawi’s death should not affect their operations.Full Story