Insurgents Break With Al Qaeda Over Civilian Killings, Report Says
Iraqi guerrillas tell a Saudi-backed London newspaper that they won't unite with Zarqawi after recent bombings. | Juan Cole translates and comments[Juan Cole translates from] Al-Hayat: Sources close to the guerrilla groups in Iraq told the pan-Arab, Saudi-backed London daily al-Hayat that new disputes have exploded between it and the organization “al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia” led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, after he carried out last Thursday’s bombings in Karbala and Ramadi. Dozens of Shiite and Sunni civilians were killed. The Iraqi guerrilla groups told al-Hayat that they would not unite with the Zarqawi group, as a result. | Juan Cole translates and comments
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