Jihadi Vs. Jihadi

February 23, 2007 4:05 PM
Hoda Osman and Christopher Isham Report:

Although the killing continues, the jihad in Iraq is showing signs of stress.

Most recently, an important Sunni insurgent group, Ansar al-Sunnah, sent a letter to the head of Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) complaining bitterly that his group had been killing militants of other jihadi organizations. The letter, which was sent on Jan. 13, was first reported by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.

Read the letter from Ansar al-Sunnah.

Both groups are key members of the self-proclaimed "Islamic State of Iraq," a coalition of Sunni insurgent groups, which was announced last October.

"We have warned you before about the behavior of some of your members," the letter to Abu Hamza al Muhajir, the "Emir" of al Qaeda in Iraq, states.

In particular, the letter charges that al Qaeda in Iraq had kidnapped, tortured and killed members of Ansar al-Sunnah, knowing full well they were fellow members of the insurgent coalition and should have been cooperating. The attack cost the group three of their best fighters, or "mujaheddin," according to the letter. >>>cont

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