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Is White House policy fueling civil war?
By: Tina
Posted: Oct 25 07
Witnessed: 6212 times
Regions: Iraq
Issues: Armed conflict
Tags: Al Qaeda, Pepe Escobar, Sheik Abu Risha
Pepe Escobar: Sheik Abu Risha fought al Qaeda for his own reasons (1 of 2)
Escobar says Al Qaeda killed members of Sheik Abu Risha’s family. Many other tribal leaders saw the Sheik as a collaborator with the U.S. The Sheik used the Americans to get as close to power as possible in Baghdad and the Americans used [the Sheik’s] Anbar Council to work as their proxies trying to eliminate Al Qaeda in Iraq.
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