{"id":2103,"date":"2007-06-11T10:33:36","date_gmt":"2007-06-11T16:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2103"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:39:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:39:25","slug":"us-confirms-it-is-arming-sunni-insurgents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/us-confirms-it-is-arming-sunni-insurgents\/","title":{"rendered":"US confirms it is arming Sunni insurgents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/iraqimilitiaman22.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/iraqimilitiaman22.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>John Byrne, Raw Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military has confirmed that it is arming Sunni insurgent factions to try to contain al-Qaida in Mesopotamia, according to a report in Monday&#8217;s <em>New York Times<\/em> by veteran Iraq correspondent John Burns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the four-month-old increase in American troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks, American commanders are turning to another strategy that they acknowledge is fraught with risk: arming Sunni Arab groups that have promised to fight militants linked with Al Qaeda who have been their allies in the past.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>American officers acknowledge that it is arming some groups that are suspected to have been involved in American attacks as well as link to Al Qaeda. 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