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2005-12-10 Iraq

US develops informant network to fight al-Qaeda in Anbar

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-12-10 00:55|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This year, officials say, Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the group run by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, struck an alliance with one tribe, the Salmanis. The partnership drove out the other tribe, the Abu Mahals, in a battle in Husayba last summer.

Notice how the NYT doesn't detail for us HOW the Slmanis sided with AQ and "drove out the other side". Proabably just politely asked them to leave, ya think? The only thing that gets the NYT's panties wadded is that the Abu Mahals joined with our side.

Posted by 2b 2005-12-10 12:43|| 2005-12-10 12:43|| Front Page Top

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