Zarqawi Makes it Official

If there was every any doubt about what's going on with the insurgency in Iraq, read today's statement from Zarqawi, Osama's big guy in Iraq (from The Corner):

"We have declared a bitter war against the principle of democracy and all those who seek to enact it…Candidates in elections are seeking to become demi-gods while those who vote for them are infidels. And with God as my witness, I have informed them (of our intentions)."

Bush called them out in his inaugural speech on freedom, and Z-man bit. It's now a clear battle of freedom versus tyranny.

Here's info on the threat from Zarqawi to the Iraqi voters:

“Insurgents in a town in central Iraq made a gruesome billboard threat to behead Iraqis who take part in next weekend's elections, warning they will use ink thumb prints to be issued at polling stations to target voters. The graphic poster, showing a headless body with its' thumb covered in ink, was pasted next to campaign materials in the town. All voters will have a thumb marked with a visible UV ink - which will remain on the skin for 48 hours - to prevent repeat polling.”