The situation in Iraq is sorta weird, on all levels. I mean, Al Queda isn’t a “Nation” so.........they take these towns, what are they going to do? Try to set up a new country or something? If they did, would they try to join the UN? Do they control an airport or a radio station or a Post Office or a telephone exchange? I think that for a group to establish their own country they’d have to have those things at a mere minimum. You can’t be your own country without your own Country Code for telephone calls and your own Zip code for postal purposes and you have to have an airport. My guess is that, as well, they’d need get their own IP address for Internet. Sounds to me like they haven’t thought this all through.
The plan is to set up a trans-Sunni state in Western Iraq that boarder Eastern Territories they control in Syria. BTW, the Kurds are virtually their own country and Kurds provisionally control territories in Syria.
The only thing holding back Al Queda is they are back to their old ways, torturing and imposing strict Sharia Law. Remember that even OBL told Al Queda in Iraq to tone it done because they were turning off the masses. This puts tribal leader in the leadership position and last line of defense. They don't like Maliki and they don't like Al Queda. If the two can come to terms, the trans-Sunni state in Syria and Iraq will happen.