Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: Know that the decision of the crusaders to pull out of Iraq has already been taken," reads the statement, whose authenticity could not be verified. The group, led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, is threatening to continue its attacks in Iraq and says it did not halt them during last Thursday's elections for a full-term parliament.

attacks