Iraqi insurgents' clash with Qaeda kills 16

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A battle between al Qaeda in Iraq and a major Sunni Arab insurgent group killed at least 16 militants on Friday near the ancient city of Samarra, a senior security officer told Reuters on Saturday.

The fighting involved the Islamic Army, a nationalist group that has been hostile to al Qaeda since June and has fought the Sunni Islamist group in areas of Baghdad and some Sunni towns.

A security source in Salahuddin province, speaking on condition of anonymity, said two non-Iraqi Arabs and an Iranian were among those killed in the battle.

"The clashes ended yesterday with militants from the Islamic Army taking control of the area," he said. The area had been controlled by al Qaeda for months.

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[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. amazing that they can fight each other and no civilians die...

why can't we do that? :(

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. Because they do it up close and personal.

We prefer to kill from as far away as possible.

[razzzleberry]

3. who were the non-civilians here?

looks like all(dead) of them were civilians

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. poor choice of word, not enough coffee in me...

by-standers, women, children.

[razzzleberry]

5. NON civilians ... ->NON

[truthisfreedom]

6. Reuters reduced "al Qaeda in Iraq" to "Qaeda?" How casual they have become in connecting this fake

boogieman terror group in Iraq with the spectaculaly boogieman-ish bin Laden led bushco creation who hovers somewhere between being dead of kidney failure and relaxing in a comfy urban penthouse in Pakistan.