Iraqi Hamas accused Al-Qaida of inflicting "great suffering" on ordinary Iraqi Sunnis:

from counter terrorism blog

A breakaway Sunni insurgent faction from the 1920 Revolution Brigades known as "Hamas in Iraq" has issued a formal response to recent allegations by Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of Al-Qaida's "Islamic State of Iraq." In an official communiqué dated October 2, Iraqi Hamas accused Al-Qaida of inflicting "great suffering" on ordinary Iraqi Sunnis: "every day they witnessed heads or headless bodies lying in their streets. Each one of these victims had been accused of a so-called ‘crime’ prohibited by Al-Qaida fatwahs... then [Al-Qaida] attacked Ameriyyat [al-Fallujah] with a car bomb packed with chlorine gas canisters, and they even laid siege to the area to prevent food and fuel from getting to people. Finally, they killed several men at the local market and smashed their heads against boxes of food... We [have] witnessed dozens of beheaded bodies and none of them were Americans. Rather, they were all local people from the area—people who, at one point, had supported the Al-Qaida network until they themselves had become disposable." In fact, according to Hamas in Iraq--as a result of the various crimes Al-Qaida has committed against innocent Muslim civilians--"the Al-Qaida network has actually made people here think that the occupation forces are merciful and humane by comparison."

Click to view English translation of Iraqi Hamas Communiqué in Response to Al-Qaida c/o Globalterroralert.com

See also:
- ISI/Al-Qaida official statement on the 1920 Revolution Brigades
- [NEFA Foundation]: English transcript of Sept. 14, 2007 audio message from ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
- Iraqi Islamic Resistance Front (JAAMI) Response to Speech by Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
- [NEFA Foundation]: "State of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq: August 2007"

October 4, 2007 02:51 AM more >>Link