(Guardian-UK) Abu Mojahed, the commander of a hardline Islamic cell in the Iraqi insurgency, was jailed four times under Saddam's regime because of his adherence to the strict Salafi creed of Sunni Islam. "We fight the Americans because they are non-believers," he said. The motivations of Iraqi insurgents vary: some are undoubtedly from Saddam's military and intelligence apparatus, others fight to defend tribal or nationalistic honor, but alongside them a much more extreme Islamic militancy has emerged.
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