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Main Sunni Group Vows No Deal With U.S.

Main Sunni Group Vows No Deal With U.S.: "The Islamic Army, the main Sunni insurgent group in Iraq, is adamant it will not make common cause with the Sunni militias tackling al-Qaeda with U.S. support, and will instead fight the Americans 'to the end.'

'The Islamic Army has nothing to do with the Awakening councils,' Ibrahim al-Shimmari, official spokesman of the Islamic Army in Iraq, told AFP in an email interview.

'No one can be a member of the Islamic Army and the Awakening at the same time. Our war is for self-defence and we are targeting those who attacked us.'"

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