Moderate Sunnis traitors: Iraq Qaeda group
Dubai,
Sep
15:
The
head
of
an
al
Qaeda-led
group
in
Iraq
condemned
moderate
Sunni
groups
for
''betrayal'',
in
an
audio
tape
aired
on
Al
Jazeera
today,
a
day
after
the
killing
of
a
leading
Sunni
tribal
leader.
''The jihad in Iraq is under fierce attack today ... by the hands of betrayal,'' said Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq. He attacked groups including the Iraqi Islamic Party, a leading moderate Sunni group.
Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, a Sunni Arab tribal leader instrumental in driving al Qaeda out of Iraq's Anbar province was killed by a bomb yesterday.
Reuters
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Story first published: Saturday, September 15, 2007, 9:35 [IST]