WorldNetDaily: New al-Qaida allies identified in Iraq::GEOSTRATEGY-DIRECT INTELLIGENCE BRIEF: "Islamic insurgency groups specialize in suicide attacks against U.S.
BAGHDAD – Iraq has attracted a range of new Sunni insurgency groups that specialize in suicide attacks against U.S. and allied interests.
The Ansar Al Sunni Army is believed to be the most prominent of the new Sunni groups. Sources said Ansar was established by al-Qaida in September 2003.
>>>Iraqi security sources and U.S. officials said the insurgency groups have emerged over the past four months. They appear to be composed of volunteers from Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
All of the groups appear to have been inspired, although not necessarily led, by al-Qaida.
"It is clear that the suicide attacks are not homegrown," an Iraqi security official said. "They come from our neighbors."
The groups go by such names as Ansar Al Sunni Army, Mohammed's Army, the Army of the Just, Farouq Brigades and Saraya Islam. Some of the groups are linked and could be covers for a larger network, the sources believe.
>>>In all, al-Qaida-inspired Sunni groups have at least 20 cells in Iraq, the sources said. Unlike the network formed by loyalists of Saddam Hussein, the new Sunni groups are believed to be located in the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq and in the Shi'ite areas of the south.
Iraqi security sources said Sunni insurgents from abroad have increased their campaign in Iraq. Foreign volunteers conducted virtually all of the suicide bombings in Iraq as well as most of the attacks since November 2003, they said.
One prospect is that the foreign volunteers would be employed to conduct nonconventional attacks against U.S. or allied troops."
BAGHDAD – Iraq has attracted a range of new Sunni insurgency groups that specialize in suicide attacks against U.S. and allied interests.
The Ansar Al Sunni Army is believed to be the most prominent of the new Sunni groups. Sources said Ansar was established by al-Qaida in September 2003.
>>>Iraqi security sources and U.S. officials said the insurgency groups have emerged over the past four months. They appear to be composed of volunteers from Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
All of the groups appear to have been inspired, although not necessarily led, by al-Qaida.
"It is clear that the suicide attacks are not homegrown," an Iraqi security official said. "They come from our neighbors."
The groups go by such names as Ansar Al Sunni Army, Mohammed's Army, the Army of the Just, Farouq Brigades and Saraya Islam. Some of the groups are linked and could be covers for a larger network, the sources believe.
>>>In all, al-Qaida-inspired Sunni groups have at least 20 cells in Iraq, the sources said. Unlike the network formed by loyalists of Saddam Hussein, the new Sunni groups are believed to be located in the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq and in the Shi'ite areas of the south.
Iraqi security sources said Sunni insurgents from abroad have increased their campaign in Iraq. Foreign volunteers conducted virtually all of the suicide bombings in Iraq as well as most of the attacks since November 2003, they said.
One prospect is that the foreign volunteers would be employed to conduct nonconventional attacks against U.S. or allied troops."
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