Islamic Army-al-Qaeda conflict

The Islamic Army-al-Qaeda Conflict is the ongoing armed crisis between the rival insurgency groups. Early 2007, one of Iraq's main armed groups has confirmed a split with al-Qaeda in Iraq, according to a spokesman for the dissenting organisation. Ibrahim al-Shammari told Al-Jazeera on Thursday that the Islamic Army in Iraq had decided to disunite from al-Qaeda in Iraq after its members were threatened. "In the beginning, we were dealing with Tawhid and Jihad organisation, which turned into al-Qaeda in Iraq," he said, his identity obscured for security reasons. "Specifically after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi died, the gap between us [and al-Qaeda] widened, because [they] started to target our members. The Islamic Army, however, reached a...