Sunni insurgent groups (top row): Jihad Factions of Iraq, Al-Qassas Brigade, Al-Rashedeen Army, Islamic State of Iraq, Mujahideen Army; (bottom row) Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI), 1920 Revolution Brigades, IAI. From Salon.com
Evan Kohlmann from GlobalTerrorAlert.com gives a primer on who is fighing who in Iraq in an interview with Salon.
Describe the insurgency.
You have to be careful when you say “insurgency.” You have to distinguish between the Shiite militias and the actual insurgency, which is the Sunni groups. Most of the Shiite militia activity is not directed at the U.S., it’s directed at the Sunnis. The Sunni insurgency, meanwhile, is directed at everyone—the U.S., the Iraqi government, the militias.
Via Danger Room
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Curzon added these pithy words on 03 Mar 07 at 7:40 amVery informative—and worth keeping in mind.
Question: why does the Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI) symbol show a giant turd coming out of the northern part of Iraq? Is that a greater territorial claim? Some symbol?
Younghusband added these pithy words on 03 Mar 07 at 9:09 amMaybe coz it rhymes with “Kurd” and they come from the north?
I kid! I kid!
