Sitrep: Sunnis Vs. Al Qaeda
Excerpts of Update From Bill Roggio:
Multinational Forces Iraq described the fighting, and notes the coordination between the insurgent group, the local police and US attack helicopters:
In an unprecedented combined action in Diyala Province, Iraqi police and citizen volunteers defeated a coordinated attack of approximately 40-60 al-Qaeda terrorists in the southern Burhitz area of Baqubah, Wednesday, and killed an estimated 21 insurgents, wounding more.
As the terrorists entered the city of Burhitz, a group of concerned local citizens, called ‘Baqubah Guardians,’ and IPs stationed in Burhitz engaged the first wave of attackers, killing seven. At least two suicide bombers were killed before they reached their intended targets, with the bomb vests detonating prematurely.
The IP notified the Provincial Joint Coordination Center and requested Coalition Force attack helicopter support after the first engagement. Attack helicopters arrived and engaged another large group of heavily armed fighters staging near the first attack site, killing or wounding an estimated 14 terrorists.
The 1920s Revolution Brigades previous drove al Qaeda in Iraq out of Buhriz, with the help of US forces. The battles between the 1920s Revolution Brigades and al Qaeda began in April. The Anbar Salvation Council, through its ties in the 1920s Revolution Brigades, helped organize the anti al Qaeda resistance in Buhriz. As these groups work with the US and Iraqi security forces, they are being integrated as local police or as provincial security forces.
The degree which Sunni insurgent groups have turned against al Qaeda and are working with US troops and Iraqi security forces is an underreported story in the war. Approximately 25,000 Sunni insurgents from groups such as the 1920s Revolution Brigades, the Jaysh Mohammed, and the Islamic Army of Iraq have turned against al Qaeda at the behest of their tribal leaders. “Tribe members and others who agree to support Iraq’s government have to sign a pledge form and consent to biometric scans of their fingerprints and retinas so their data can be kept on file,” USA Today reported on August 6. “They are also vetted by the Iraqi government.”
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You go guys….
August 17th, 2007 at 3:43 amAmazing how this never gets reported by the liberal news.
August 17th, 2007 at 4:14 amWhere is CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, etc on this story?
Gotta’ love those attack helicoptors.
August 17th, 2007 at 4:43 amAre they not men?
No, they are Devo.
August 17th, 2007 at 5:33 amThis is good stuff. F yeah!
August 17th, 2007 at 5:43 amKeep the info coming Pat!
Thank you.
Haven’t seen a word of this on libistan TV.
August 17th, 2007 at 6:42 amYeah this is great news
get some boys!
August 17th, 2007 at 8:44 amI have question: are those in the pic bad guys or good guys? They look like aholes.
August 17th, 2007 at 11:07 amI have seen interviews with 1920s RB types who are at pains to emphasize that their involvement is strictly limited to pushing AQ out; after that, all bets are off. One might hope that their base of support for anti-MNF insurgency might be seriously softened or even dissolved by the time things setle out, but there’s the question of their overall goals and core supporters to consider. IIRC, they are essentially Sunni supremacists, not significantly different from Ba’athists in their long-term program.
August 17th, 2007 at 1:59 pm