Al Qaeda debacle continues in Iraq

Counterterrorism Blog:

In a rather stunning development, the Iraqi Islamic militant faction known as Asaeb al-Iraq al-Jihadiya (a.k.a. "the Iraqi Jihad Union") has issued a new statement dated October 5 suddenly accusing Al-Qaida's "Islamic State of Iraq" of deliberately killing its fighters in Diyala province and mutilating their bodies: "To make things worse, they dug up their bodies from the graves, further mutilated them, beheaded them, and showed them off from their vehicles while driving through the towns. [The ISI] even killed our men’s wives and children." An English translation of the communique is now available for download from the NEFA Foundation website.

Though this is actually the second time this week that similar charges have been leveled at Al-Qaida in Iraq by fellow Sunni insurgents, the source of the latest set of allegations--Asaeb al-Iraq al-Jihadiya--is most unusual. Less than three months ago, the very same organization was openly working in operational partnership with Al-Qaida, and was even rumored to be considering merging its forces with Al-Qaida's "Islamic State."...

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There is more. The rejection of the al Qaeda ideology appears to be profound handing them a defeat that most in the media have missed because they have been too committed to the Iraq as a disaster meme. In fact it has become a disaster for al Qaeda and its war of ideas as well as its war against us. At some point the media and the American public need to wake up to this fact and quit following the false assumptions of the Democrats about the war.

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