wars within wars

Whoops a daisy:

A key Sunni ally of the US and Iraqi governments has been killed in a bomb attack in the city of Ramadi, Iraqi police and media say.

Abdul Sattar Abu Risha was the leader of an alliance of Sunni Arab tribes that rejected al-Qaeda because of its methods and worked with the US.

He was killed in a bomb attack near his home in Iraq's western Anbar province.

Abu Risha was among a group of tribal leaders who met President George W Bush during his visit to Iraq last week.

He’s a jinx, isn’t he, old George? The aardvark says:

Enders interviews the famous Sattar Abu Risha in Amman (he claims to be the leader of all Iraq's Sunni tribes, and makes some rather grand promises), and also presents harsh criticism of Abu Risha from his rival Ali Hatem (who denounces Abu Risha as a con man and fraud, as he has repeatedly to various American journalists). Abu Risha dramatically says to the camera that the terrorists should know that he would be returning to Ramadi in five days and was ready for them

Apparently not. The aardvark adds here that he thinks nationalist insurgent groups did for him. I’m wondering if it wasn’t competitors for US patronage. Of course, both may be the same people.