A “previously unknown” group has threatened to turn Australia into “pools of blood:” Al-Qaida branch threatens Australia with bloody attacks if it remains in Iraq.

They may call themselves “Al Qaeda” or “the Tawhid Islamic Group,” but they all follow the same ideology of Islamic holy war. We should stop worrying about the names they use—they’re just distractions.

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An online statement by a group representing itself as al-Qaida’s European branch threatened Saturday to turn Australia into “pools of blood” if it doesn’t withdraw its troops from Iraq.

It was the second statement in a week by the Tawhid Islamic Group, a previously unknown organization which Wednesday threatened attacks in Bulgaria and Poland if their troops remained in Iraq. “We call upon you to leave Iraq before your country turns to pools of blood,” the statement warned the Australian government.

“We will shake the earth under your feet as we did in Indonesia, and lines of car bombs will not cease, God willing,” the statement said, referring to the 2002 Bali bombing that killed 202 people, many of them Australian tourists.

The al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah was blamed for that attack.

The Tawhid statement also warned Italy to comply with an earlier warning.

“We advise you to accept our offer and if you don’t, you will see the lines of cars laden with explosives hit your towns and turn your nights to mornings, God willing. We swear you will see hell with your eyes,” the Tawhid statement said.