"We shall fight all those who commit such attacks, notably Al-Qaeda," the tribal leaders said in a statement that has been circulating around Hawijah.
They're joining the ranks of other Iraqis who have turned against Zarqawi.
Coupled with increasing cooperation between US forces and local Iraqis and Zarqawi may be feeling the heat.
This comes amidst growing protest against Zarqawi and al Qaeda across Iraq and increasing tip offs from ordinary Iraqis on al Qaeda.
If all of that wasn't bad enough for Zarqawi, Zawahiri has condemned his tactics and local terrorists have singed a pledge against him.
All of which, along with 3 successful national elections and a Constitution, helps explain why the Iraqis are so optimistic.
In Iraq, 65% believe their personal life is getting better, and 56% are upbeat about the country's economy.
Some quagmire, eh? Can anyone tell me how this looks even remotely like Vietnam?
Ralph Peters of the New York Post just returned from Iraq and couldn't find the media's hoped for civil war.
All day - and it was a long day - we drove through Shia and Sunni neighborhoods. Everywhere, the reception was warm. No violence. None.
And no hostility toward our troops. Iraqis went out of their way to tell us we were welcome.
Instead of a civil war, something very different happened because of the bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra. The fanatic attempt to stir up Sunni-vs.-Shia strife, and the subsequent spate of violent attacks, caused popular support for the U.S. presence to spike upward.
Think Abu Musab al-Zarqawi intended that?
Every day MSM are looking more foolish in their reporting of Iraq.
We will be successful in Iraq, just like we were in Afganistan.
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