IRAQ: AL-QAEDA BEING SQUEEZED IN THE CAPITAL
Baghdad, 1 June (AKI) - A fierce battle between local Sunni residents and al-Qaeda insurgents in an outlying Baghdad neighbourhood this week is evidence that moves to isolate the terror group by other Sunnis are taking hold even in the capital. According to a detailed report on the Washington Post on Friday a battle this week in the western Amiriyah area has claimed at least 28 lives. It quoted the local mayor Mohammed Abdul Khaliq as saying that residents, alienated by the indiscriminate violence of its fellow Sunnis, rose up to force al-Qaeda out.
The microcosm mirrors what is happening in the western provinces, especially al-Anbar and Diyala, where Sunni tribes have united in an anti-Qaeda alliance.
"I think this is going to be the end of the al-Qaeda presence here," mayor Abdul Khaliq told the Washington Post in a phone interview. He said that the fierce fighting Wednesday and Thursday began over accusations that al-Qaeda in Iraq had executed Sunnis without reason.
It appears to be the first time that a dynamic of isolation, which has been at work in the mainly Sunni and restive western province of al-Anbar, has spread to the capital.
Sunni tribal leaders recently formed an umbrella group, the Anbar Salvation Council, to join with U.S. and Iraqi troops in a common fight against al-Qaeda in Iraq, which used to dominate the province. They resent what they see as indiscriminate violence against civilians, including women and children, and also the presence of foreign fighters in al-Qaeda ranks.
According to the US coalition, 12,000 al-Anbar residents have joined the Iraqi security forces so far this year, compared with 1,000 in all of last year.
IRAQ: AL-QAEDA BEING SQUEEZED IN THE CAPITAL
The worst of Sunni areas not only banning against Al-Qaeda but also joining in masses into the Iraqi security forces. Could things be coming together? Could the dems be wrong again? Stay tuned for further developements!:thumbsup:
Have a good one!:s4:
IRAQ: AL-QAEDA BEING SQUEEZED IN THE CAPITAL
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IRAQ: AL-QAEDA BEING SQUEEZED IN THE CAPITAL
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Well, It's good news for us eh, P4B, I'm buying tickets to Tahiti as we speak, ~LOL~. Are you test driving that Rolls yet? And, Oh Yeah, preparing my concession speach and going on down to change my political affiliation, ~LOL~, Not!
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Have a good one!:s4:
