Al-Qaeda Denies Iraq Bombings

World | March 4, 2004, Thursday // 00:00

Al-Qaeda has denied involvement in the anti-Shiite bombing attacks that killed some 200 people in Iraq during the Ashoura religious holiday. In a statement obtained by Aljazeera on Thursday, Al-Qaeda blamed US "crusaders" for the attacks. It charged the attacks on "an American plot aimed at provoking sectarian conflict between Muslims in Iraq". US occupation administrator Paul Bremer blamed Jordanian Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi for the attacks.

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