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The Kurdistan's national federation and Jund al-Islam group

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Adel Murad, the representative of the Kurdistani national federation in Syria has announced that his organization which is led by Jalal al-Taliban is preparing during the few coming days to launch a large- scale attack at Jund al-Islam ( soldiers of Islam) group which he considered as linked to Osama Bin Laden.

In statements issued by the Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am on Saturday, Murad indicated that this attack will be at a direct support by weapons and money from the Kurdistani democratic party led by Meosut al-Barazani and in co-ordination with the Iranian government.

Murad said that the " Jund al-Islam" organization which declared itself by the beginning of last September and declared the " Kurdish citizen" Warya Holery, better known as " Abdullah al-Shafe'" as a ruler ( prince ) for it had committed an ugly crime when it attacked Shamal village to the " East of Iraq" in an area falls under the control of the Kurdish militias which declared rebellion at Baghdad and he also killed 25 persons.

Murad continued that striking Bin Laden's group in Afghanistan will be reflected on the " Jund al-Islam movement and will result in its collapse, noting that the Kurdistani federation party will not wait until the collapse of all Taliban, rather will work to settle the situation concerning what is called " the Kurdistan of Iraq." Murad said that the national federation led by al-Taliban did not make contacts with the US concerning the elimination of " Jund al-Islam " organization.

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