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"Fred Stone" |
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04 May 2007 12:46:59 PM |
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Hey Yang, Got Some More Good News From Iraq For You |
http://billroggio.com/archives/2007/05/the_sunni_awakening.php
The Sunni Awakening
The Albu Fahd tribe joins the Anbar Salvation Council and vows to fight
al Qaeda in Iraq
Poster shows Sheikh Abu-Risha staring down figures representing Al Qaeda
in Ramadi. (Photo by Sam Dagher, CSM). Click to view.
The Anbar Salvation Council, the group of tribal leaders and former
Sunni insurgents, continues to expand its base of support in the Sunni
community both inside Anbar province, and beyond. Sam Dagher of the
Christian Science Monitor reports on a major development in Anbar
province. The Anbar Salvation Council, led by Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu
Rishawi, has turned the Albu Fahd tribe against al Qaeda. The Albu Fahd
was one of the six original Anbari tribes to support al Qaeda and its
Islamic State in Iraq. These six tribes are known in some military
intelligence circles as the "Sinister Six". The Albu Fahd [described as
the Bu-Fahed] has now joined the Anbar Salvation Council and pledged to
throw its weight behind the fight against al Qaeda.
"Winning over the Bu-Fahed tribe was a coup," said Mr. Dagher, who
covered the tribal meeting where the Albu Fahd moved into the camp of
the Anbar Salvation Council. "It had been one of Al Qaeda's staunchest
supporters, and traces its lineage to the birthplace of the puritan form
of Sunni Islam known as Wahhabism in the Saudi Arabian province of Najd.
It formally threw its lot behind Sheikh Abdel-Sattar Abu Risha."
As of last September, the leadership of 25 of the 31 Anbari tribes were
cooperating with the government under the aegis of the Anbar Salvation
Council, while six folded under the black banner of al Qaeda in Iraq's
Islamic State. Two of the other original sinister six tribes are the
Albu Issa and the al-Zuba'a, however both tribes are split in their
support. Elements of the Albu Issa have battled against al Qaeda in and
around Fallujah. The Zuba'a were split and elements fought al Qaeda
after the assassination against Sheikh Thahir al-Dhari, a tribal leader,
and the attempt against Salam al-Zubaie, one of Iraq's two Deputy Prime
Ministers.
The Albu Fahd tribe is a member of the Dulaimi Confederation, the
largest and most powerful grouping in Iraq. We noted the shift in the
Albu Fahd tribe was occurring in March, and reported that Mohammed
Mahmoud Latif (aka Mahmoud al-Fahdawi) is a leader of the Anbar
Salvation Council. Latif/al-Fahdawi was described by Azzaman in early
March as a "chieftain of the powerful Dulaimi tribe" and "head of
Dulaimis in Tarmiya, Dhaloiya, Balad and Taji, some of the most violent
areas in Iraq, [who was] reported to have ordered his tribesmen to wage
war on Qaeda."
Al-Fahdawi's efforts seem to be snowballing in Diyala province.
Yesterday, two Diyala tribes, the Karki and Shimouri, "signed a peace
agreement at the home of the Mujema tribal leader in Diyala province,
Monday," and "promised to 'consolidate and unify to battle all
insurgents that penetrate among [their] tribes.'” Seven other tribes
announced joining the Anbar Salvation Council in late April. The Anbar
Salvation Council's national political movement, the Iraqi Awakening, is
set to meet in Baghdad in May. And most surprisingly, the Adhamiya
Awakening has been established in the troubled Baghdad neighborhood to
fight against al Qaeda....
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"Protests right out of the Vietnam era, and Vietnam analogies used to
determine current foreign policy.
Strange that those who call themselves “progressives” haven’t been able
to progress much since 1968, don’t you think? "
--
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| Title: Re: Hey Yang, Got Some More Good News From Iraq For You |
04 May 2007 02:21:26 PM |
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On May 4, 1:46 pm, Fred Stone <fston...@earthling.com> wrote:
http://billroggio.com/archives/2007/05/the_sunni_awakening.php
The Sunni Awakening
The Albu Fahd tribe joins the Anbar Salvation Council and vows to fight
al Qaeda in Iraq
George Bush vowed to fight al Qaeda in Iraq, too. How is replacing one
disaster with another good news?
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