Sunday, January 20, 2008

Suicide Bomber In Anbar Misses Sheik, Kills 6


A suicide bomber in Anbar Province in Iraq had targeted Sheik Aeifan al-Issawi who is one of the primary leaders of the Anbar Awakening Council but didn't quite get to the leader. Four of al-Issawi's guards stopped the bomber at the checkpoint to his farm and those guards were all killed.
The important thing to note here is this. Al Qaeda NEVER gives up. Anbar Province has been the quietest part of Iraq for over six months - there have even been stories how American troops have to battle boredom there. But, months ago, al Qaeda in Iraq made the threat to take down all of the leaders of the Awakening Council in Anbar. They have killed some and as you can see, they have not given up. Al Qaeda has NO chance of taking back Anbar Province and they know it but this is what separates al Qaeda and the Taliban from other groups - al Qaeda was embarassed by the Awakening Council and this is all about revenge. This isn't about an islamist jihad against islamists who have aided the U.S. - this is all about the Satanic side of al Qaeda - and the sooner we remember that this group is a pack unleashed from the Gates of Hell, a group that never gives up until they are exterminated, the quicker we will deploy the correct forces and tactics to rid the planet of the beasts.

Full story is here.


Suicide Bombing Kills 6 in Anbar, Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) - A suicide bombing killed six people in Anbar province on Sunday, but the target of the attack, a U.S.-backed Sunni tribal sheik, was unhurt, police said.
The bomber detonated explosives in his belt after four guards stopped him at the checkpoint leading to the sheik's farm near Fallujah. The attack killed the four guards and two civilians and injured four people, according to a police official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared reprisals.
The sheik, Aeifan al-Issawi, is a leading member of the Anbar Awakening Council, a Sunni group that has turned against al-Qaida in Iraq.
The U.S. military has credited the emergence of councils with a major part in the decline in violence nationwide over the past six months. Such groups, backed by the Americans, have also managed to expel al- Qaida from much of Anbar, a largely desert province in western Iraq.

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