2006 exceptional year for terrorist groups, says Ali
PARIS – Chairman of the Center for Middle East Studies in Paris
Abdul Rahim Ali said Monday that 2006 was an exceptional year for terrorist
organizations.
In this year, he said, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi joined seven terrorist
organizations.
He added at a lecture at the French parliament that the Mujahedeen
Consultative Council was also formed in that year. He said the new council was
headed by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
On June 7, 2006, he said, Zarqawi was killed in an American
airstrike in southern Iraq.
He added that Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the minister of war at the
Mujahedeen Consultative Council, replaced Zarqawi after his death.
Ali's lecture at the French parliament focused on post-Daesh
terrorism, the dangers inherent in terrorism financing, and the implications of
this financing for Europe.
The lecture also focused on the role the Muslim Brotherhood
and its international organization play in backing terrorist activities
worldwide.
