 Al Qaeda's wing in Iraq dismissed on Monday a report of secret talks between insurgents and U.S. officials and said its attacks would continue, according to an Internet statement. Time magazine, citing Pentagon and other sources, said on Sunday that U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers were conducting talks with Sunni Muslim insurgents on ways to end fighting in Iraq. "The enemies of God say the mujahideen want to end jihad (holy war), but they do not know that the jihad will go on ... and our response to what was published by Time magazine will come in our attacks," the group led by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said in a statement posted on Islamist Web sites. "Our thirst will only be quenched by cutting off your heads and spilling your blood ... Al Qaeda Organisation for Holy War in Iraq will continue its jihad until the flag of monotheism is raised and until God's law rules," it said. |