Thanks for that information, Amos.

Here's a similar argument from another source and another angle:

We don't need al-Qaida (from the GUARDIAN)

Abu Theeb is the leader of a band of Sunni insurgents that preys on US targets north of Baghdad. Last week he openly defied al-Qaida in Iraq by actively supporting the referendum. Ghaith Abdul-Ahad spent five days with him - and uncovered evidence of a growing split in the insurgency

Wolfgang