They don't get it do they?

Pete's Points

From the BBC

"Iraqi tribal chiefs in the so-called Sunni Triangle have agreed to join forces to fight al-Qaeda, and have pleaded for US supplies of arms.

"People are fed up with the acts of those criminals who take Islam as a cover for their crimes," Sheik Fassal al-Guood told the Associated Press news agency on Monday.

He said 15 of the 18 tribes in Ramadi "have sworn to fight those who are killing Sunnis and Shiites", and had put together "20,000 young men".

Here was the response from:

"a young al-Qaeda leader called Abu Farouq told Reuters that the fight would go on until an Islamic caliphate had been imposed across Anbar."

"This tribal system is un-Islamic. We are proud to kill tribal leaders who are helping the Americans," he said.

Neither side seems to get it!

Iraq will never be a country if it is made up of warring tribal factions or insurgents or terrorists.

The last thing that is needed in Iraq is to have 20,000 more young zealots with weapons running around - regardless of their motives and regardless of whose 'side' they are on!