Al Qaeda in Iraq, the Muslim terrorist organization responsible for countless losses of life the war torn country, has warned president-elect Barack Obama to do what he promised during the Democratic primaries: withdraw from Iraq ASAP, regardless of whether or not a stable and prosperous Iraq will be left behind.

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, self-styled head of the al-Qaida front group the Islamic State of Iraq, said in a speech posted on an extremist Web site that it would be best for all involved if Obama would indeed withdraw U.S. forces immediately.

Another terrorist organization, the Mujahedeen Army, warned Obama that he would face “days that will be more difficult than the nightmare experienced by his predecessor” if he would not withdraw the troops.

Although Obama did indeed advocate a swift withdrawal from Iraq earlier this year, he has talked less about the subject in the last half year or so. As Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey explained earlier today, this was probably due to the improvements in Iraq: the surge and other strategies have all but defeated extremists, it seems. The success of Bush’s surge has taken the pressure off him and other American politicians to withdraw as soon as possible from Iraq and has created a situation in which most voters would consider a quick withdrawal irresponsible.

Since Obama is an ambitious politician first and foremost, it seems unlikely that he will withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq at a time when the country has finally stabilized and a premature withdrawal could withdraw in massive civil war, possibly forcing U.S. troops to go back later, thereby losing many more lives than would have been the case otherwise.