Tuesday, June 12, 2007

U.S. Arming Sunnis in Iraq to Battle Old Qaeda Allies

By JOHN F. BURNS and ALISSA J. RUBIN (NYT)
Published: June 11, 2007

BAGHDAD, June 10 — With the four-month-old increase in American troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks, American commanders are turning to another strategy that they acknowledge is fraught with risk: arming Sunni Arab groups that have promised to fight militants linked with Al Qaeda who have been their allies in the past.

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What could POSSIBLY go wrong with THIS plan?

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