Insurgents vs. Zarqawi

Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubai'e claims that Iraqi insurgents are helping coalition forces track Abu Musab Zarqawi. This is another article which highlights the growing fissures between the mainstream Iraqi insurgency and the radical Sunni militants such as Zarqawi. However, as Spencer Ackerman notes, al-Rubai'e also claimed Zarqawi had support within Falluja. What we're seeing here is a battle between factions for control of Falluja, with the factions breaking down over methodology and ideology. The Fallujan notables don't want Zarqawi honing in on their territory, nor do they want to life under his brand of theocracy. I suspect they still have hopes of cutting a deal with Allawi that would leave them entrenched.