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December 23, 2005

Conflict of Interest?

You know something unusual is happening in Iraq when Al Jazeera begins to write about a conflict of interest between Al Queda in Iraq and the Iraqi people:

Zarqawi v Iraqis: Conflict of interest?
By Ahmed Janabi

Thursday 15 December 2005, 11:04 Makka Time, 8:04 GMT

Iraqi and US forces have been witnessing increasing signs of citizens tipping-off al-Qaida members within Anbar governorate, which used to be al-Qaida's safe heaven for the past 31 months.

US troops detained a senior al-Qaida operative in Iraq on December 9 with the help of local citizens in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, the marines said.

Amir Khalaf Fanus, known locally as The Butcher, was handed in by Iraqi civilians at an Iraqi and US military base in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, a statement said. . .

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