Bodies Found North Of Baghdad As Sunni Insurgents Turn On Each Other

[Purveyor]

Source: REUTERS

By Isra' al-Rubei'i and Maggie Fick
BAGHDAD Mon Jul 14, 2014 4:10pm EDT

(Reuters) - Residents of a town north of Baghdad found 12 corpses with execution-style bullet wounds on Monday following fighting between rival Sunni insurgents that could eventually unravel a coalition which has seized much of northern and western Iraq.

The incident points to an intensification of infighting between the Islamic State and other Sunni groups, such as supporters of former dictator Saddam Hussein, which rallied behind the al Qaeda offshoot last month because of shared hatred for the Shi'ite-led Iraqi government.

Police in Muqdadiya, a town 80 km (50 miles) northeast of the capital, said residents from the nearby town of Saadiya found the 12 corpses on Monday after fighting overnight between Islamic State fighters and the Naqshbandi Army, a group led by Saddam allies.

Since the Islamic State swept through Iraqi cities and proclaimed its leader caliph of all Muslims last month, there have been increasing signs of conflict with other Sunni groups which do not necessarily share its rejection of Iraq's borders or its severe interpretation of Islam.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/14/us-iraq-security-idUSKBN0FJ20P20140714

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Now Saddam's boys are fighting ISIS. Iraq is crazy.

[Archae]

2. I kind of figured this would happen, especially after that speech.

The one by ISIS' "leader."

I mean, he's bragging about how humble and Islamic he is, when a Rolex is on his wrist.

[JI7]

3. the ISIS guy was exposed as a fraud like the duck dynasty trash

[Chan790]

4. At the risk of sounding bloody and crass.

Good. When the bad guys go to war against the bad guys...it's best to sit on the sidelines and let them tear each other apart.

Now if we could manage to make the Talib turn fire on Al Qaeda in Afghanistan...we could draw down our military to peacetime levels.

[samsingh]

6. agreed

[snooper2]

7. no you are correct, this is what we want, fundies fighting fundies, now-

If we could just send all the fundies from North America and Europe over there for one final showdown the World would be a MUCH better place-

[rickford66]

5. Who will John McCain support next?