MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2007
16:53 MECCA TIME, 13:53 GMT
Sunni forces targeted in Iraq
Sunni Muslim Awakening Councils are fighting
al-Qaeda in several Iraqi provinces[EPA]
At least 11 people, including five children, have been
killed after a suicide bomber crashed a lorry into a
checkpoint in the central Iraqi town of Tarmiyah.
Six volunteers from the local Awakening Council, one
of many Sunni groups that have begun taking on
al-Qaeda in Iraq, also died in the attack on Monday, a
police spokesman said.
Security officials said another six people died when
suspected al-Qaeda fighters attacked two villages
further to the north.
The attacks came two days after Osama bin Laden warned
Sunni Muslims in Iraq not to take up arms against his
al-Qaeda, saying those who did were "traitors".
Two other members of the Awakening Council in Tarmiyah
were reported missing after the blast.
Lieutenant Ahmed Abdullah, the police spokesman, told
AFP news agency that he believed that their bodies
might have been ripped apart in the explosion.
Suicide attack
"The suicide bomber, driving a truck, went into the
checkpoint and exploded the vehicle," he said.
"Bin Laden's statement doesn't affect us - he is
making these threats from a position of weakness"
Sheikh Khalid Shahudh,
senior member of western Anbar Awakening Council
Abdullah said that the five children killed, aged
about 15, were crossing the road to school when they
were hit by the explosion.
Al-Qaeda previously held a strong position in Tarmiyah
but its fighters have been pushed back by members of
the Awakening Councils.
Also on Monday, suspected al-Qaeda fighters attacked
Dalli Abbas village near the Diyala provincial capital
of Baquba, killing three people and wounding 10,
police said.
Another three people were killed in a similar attack
in a village near the city of Samarra.
"Clashes erupted between residents and al-Qaeda
operatives who attacked Tal al-Thahab village. Three
villagers and two of the attackers were killed," the
official said.
In a message posted on the internet on Saturday, bin
Laden said the Awakening Councils had "betrayed the
nation and brought shame and scandal that will be
followed by damnation forever unless they repent".
Bin Laden 'weak'
The Awakening Councils hit back on Monday, accusing
the al-Qaeda leader of being un-Islamic and calling
him weak.
"Bin Laden's statement doesn't affect us - he is
making these threats from a position of weakness,"
Sheikh Khalid Shahudh, a senior member of the
Awakening Council in western Anbar province, said.
"Al-Qaeda has no more power in Anbar province,"
Shahudh told AFP.
"The Awakening is now operating all across Iraq and
involving all sects. We will continue chasing
al-Qaeda. We have no enemies except al-Qaeda. The
Americans are not our enemy anymore."
The council in central Salaheddin province, in a
statement, accused bin Laden and his followers of
being un-Islamic.
"What the loyalists of bin Laden do contradicts
Islamic principles and its moral standards," it said.
"Bin Laden should order his followers to stop
targeting Iraqis... he must apologise to Iraqis that
have been harmed by al-Qaeda's heinous crimes."
Source: Agencies
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