Mysterious Iraqi terror group gains clout Homegrown Ansar al-Sunnah Army nearly outshines al-Qaida

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Ansar al-Sunnah Army has emerged from its roots as a little known militant group operating in northern Iraq to become the country’s deadliest terror network, capable of carrying out spectacular strikes like last week’s suicide bombing at a U.S. base and virtually eclipsing al-Qaida’s cell in the war-torn nation. Unlike al-Qaida, Ansar al-Sunnah is believed to be made up mainly of Iraqis, and its apparent strategy of targeting only Americans and those viewed as collaborating with them — Iraqi security forces and Kurds — may have increased its support, in contrast to other groups that have hit more clearly Iraqi civilian targets.

Ansar al-Sunnah

The name seems to define it as uniquely sunni.....I would take that to mean that anyone else can be their enemy.....in their immediate vicinity and future are shia and kurd majorities who will soon become the dominant factors of the Iraqi govt......clear intent is civil war, IMO

This loser is no genius. He is funded and provided with EXPERT strategies of highly US trained military strategists. You know all these pissed off Muslim nations like Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, who are provided with US military training and materials, they covertly help the insurgency. In their mind the insurgency is a LIBERATION army, who are fighting the infidels, to our mind; they are thugs who are killing our innocent troops, and the innocent Iraqi civilians, and delaying our progress toward installing democratic government in Iraq.

Of course I have no hard proof, and am not privy to any secret information, but logically speaking: 1) These nations have controlled media, which is dissing the US invasion, and aims in Iraq 24X7, and its population is 90% against us. 2) These nations tell us that they are "against the terrorists" just to keep the US money, and military help flowing. Officially they keep telling us not to call the terrorists Muslim terrorists, because it offends Islam. I have not seen that many terrorists terrorizing countries around the globe who are belong to other religions. Then they come back and say, well the US, and its unchallenged power IS A TERRORISTS STATE, and so is Israel. You see, if we stop kidding ourselves about our "friends" in the Middle East, we would be better of. Simply think of "ALL" Muslim nations as our enemies, until their population and their media behaves otherwise.

The Ansar al-Sunnah Army is Saddam's top men, simple as that, and they are using the same tactics they taught and used in Palestine. They are financially backed by Syria and the Saddamites who are living there is luxury.

We'll find them, kill them and then they won't matter anymore.

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