Sunnis fighting al-Qa'eda insurgents in Western Iraq

July 5, 2005 

Sunnis have turned their weapons on al Qa'eda fighters in a town in western Iraq. 
The local Sunni leaders in Husaybeh are fighting the followers of a Jordanian born terrorist, Abu Musab Zarqawi, who uses the town as a point to smuggle foreign fighters into the country. 
Fighting first broke out in May, when a local tribal sheik was murdered on the orders of Zarqawi, and fighting broke out using small arms and mortars. The Shiek had invited US Marines to lunch as a sign of goodwill.
Sunnis fighting al - Qa'eda insurgents in Western Iraq July 5 , 2005 Sunnis have turned their weapons on al Qa'eda fighters in a town in western Iraq . The local Sunni leaders in Husaybeh are fighting the followers of a Jordanian born terrorist , Abu Musab Zarqawi , who uses the town as a point to smuggle foreign fighters into the country . Fighting first broke out in May , when a local tribal sheik was murdered on the orders of Zarqawi , and fighting broke out using small arms and mortars . The Shiek had invited US Marines to lunch as a sign of goodwill .
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