அல்குவேதாவுக்கும் சுன்னி தீவிரவாதிகளுக்கும் சண்டை

ஈராகில் நான்கு பிரிவுகள் ஒருவருக்கொருவர் அடித்துக்கொள்கின்றனர்.
முதலாவது சதாம் உசேனின் முன்னாள் பாதிஸ்ட் சுன்னி தீவிரவாதிகள்
இரண்டாவது ஷியா பிரிவினர்
மூன்றாவது அல்குவேதா
நான்காவது குர்துகள்

அல்குவேதாவும் சுன்னிகளும் முன்பு இணைந்து ஷியா பிரிவினரை தாக்கி வந்தனர். இப்போது அவர்களும் தங்களுக்குள்ளேயே அடித்துகொள்ள ஆரம்பித்துவிட்டதாக தெரிகிறது.

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Suicide bombing in Iraq seen as sign of spreading power struggle
Residents, militants fighting al-Qaida throughout country


THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD

An al-Qaida-linked suicide bomber attacked a safehouse occupied by an insurgent group that has turned against the terror network. Yesterday’s attack northeast of Baghdad killed two other militants, police said, the latest sign that an internal Sunni power struggle is spreading.

The explosion in Baqouba came as Iraqi and U.S. forces fanned out in the Sunni stronghold of Amariyah in the capital, enforcing an indefinite curfew after heavily armed residents clashed with al-Qaida in Iraq fighters, apparently fed up with the group’s brutal tactics.

“Al-Qaida fighters and leaders have completely destroyed Amariyah,” said Abu Ahmed, a Sunni who said he joined in the clashes. “No one can venture out, and all the businesses are closed. They kill everyone who criticizes them and is against their acts even if they are Sunnis.”

Other residents said that the clashes began after al-Qaida militants abducted and tortured Sunnis from the area. That prompted a large number of residents, including many members of the rival Islamic Army, to rise up against the terror network. U.S. forces joined them in the fighting Wednesday and Thursday.

U.S. and Iraqi officials have claimed recent success in the effort to isolate al-Qaida, particularly in the western Anbar province, where many Sunni tribes have banded together to fight the terror network.

A growing number of Sunni tribes have been turning against al-Qaida elsewhere, as well, repelled by its brutality and religious extremism.

The extremists also are competing with nationalist groups for influence and control over diminishing territory in the face of U.S. assaults, a situation exacerbated by the influx of Sunni fighters to areas outside the capital as they flee a nearly four-month-old security crackdown.

Official casualty figures from the fighting in Amariyah were not available. But a local council member, who declined to be identified, said that at least 31 people, including six al-Qaida militants, were killed and 45 other fighters were detained in the clashes. The council member also said that an indefinite curfew was imposed starting at 6 a.m. yesterday.

The explosion in Baqouba came as residents said that al-Qaida was trying to regain control of the Tahrir neighborhood from the 1920 Revolution Brigades, a group of officials and soldiers from the ousted regime who have allied themselves with security forces against al-Qaida.

Local police said that at least two members of the rival insurgent group were killed. The bomber was affiliated with al-Qaida in Iraq, according to police who would not be named because they feared retribution.