As reported here, according to Knight-Ridder, rival "insurgent" groups are now split, and fighting each other, with Sunni "insurgents" fighting against al-Qaida in Iraq.
al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Zarqawi, is made up mainly of foreign terrorists, and they have recently been targeting Sunni's, due to the Sunni participation in the recent referendum on the Iraqi constitution. This has infuriated the Sunni "insurgents", and apparently they have decided that they are going to fight back.
What does this mean, and should the US somehow try to encourage the Sunni's in this new development?
One thing I think it means is that the "insurgency" against the US and the fledgling Iraqi government is absolutely doomed to failure - regardless of what you read in the MSM - in that, as al-Qaida "exacts revenge" on the Sunni's for their participation in the referendum, the Sunni's may turn to the Iraqi government for assistance against Zarqawi. If this does happen (and I admit this is a big "if"), this would allow the US to concentrate more on al-Qaida in Iraq and Zarqawi, and allow the Iraqi government to turn it's attention to the Sunni "insurgents", to encourage the Sunni "insurgents" to stop fighting against the government, and instead fight against the "foreign fighters".
Whatever does actually happen in the near future, this "fratricide" between the Sunni "insurgents" and al-Qaida in Iraq can only looked upon as a positive development in the on-going fight in Iraq, one that needs to be exploited by the US and the Iraqi government.
No comments:
Post a Comment