There is a story in Time which states that a cease-fire agreement between Iraq's leading Sunni insurgent group and al-Qaeda has been reached which if it true would be bad news for the U.S. military, which has been trying hard to drive a wedge between them. A statement by the Islamic Army that appeared on a jihadist website Wednesday says "an agreement has been reached [with] al-Qaeda in Iraq, leading to an immediate cessation of all military operations between the two sides." The statement added that the two groups would form a "judicial committee" to address their differences.
During the past week, al-Qaeda fighters have exchanged heavy fire with Sunni insurgents, including some from the Islamic Army , in several Baghdad neighborhoods. American and Iraqi officials had hoped that this represented an irreparable rift between homegrown insurgents and foreign jihadis.
Time
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