A video recovered late last year, during a raid, depicts an al Qaeda in Iraq firing squad executing fellow Sunni extremists. These once allies were apparently not loyal enough to the terror organization and did not share its ideologies. This video, along with other documents found in the raid support the idea “that al Qaeda in Iraq is waging a violent campaign against its former allies”. These documents show the executions and criticisms of those that do not follow their ways.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/18/alqaeda.sunnis/index.html#cnnSTCText
Al Qaeda in Iraq is taking extreme measures in making sure that those who oppose them are either silenced or killed. This may cause some Sunni factions to ban together to have a better chance against them. Even the U.S. has begun to help Sunnis and some Shiites in their fight against extremists. The U.S. was able to provide these groups with $148 million in aid. With the execution of its once allies, the Sunnis, and many others, al Qaeda in Iraq will be seeing more opposition than ever.
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