According to al-Rafedain, al-Ani said: Al-Iraqia can feel the danger of Iranian regime after U.S. forces leave; this is cause for concern especially after Ahmadinejad said that he would fill the gap and replace the American forces in Iraq.
Zafir al-Ani reiterated that armed groups are changing their tactics and carrying out their killings with guns equipped with silencers, rather than kill with explosions, explosive packages or sticking bombs.