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  • Days later, Ansar al-Sunna—the al-Qaeda affiliate—claimed responsibility for the bombing.

    Hope Unseen Captain Scott M. Smiley 2010

  • Days later, Ansar al-Sunna—the al-Qaeda affiliate—claimed responsibility for the bombing.

    Hope Unseen Captain Scott M. Smiley 2010

  • “Tragically, as the men were being transported to Iraq, a car containing twelve of the men was stopped by members of the Ansar al-Sunna Army, an insurgent group,” the Washington lawfirm Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll writes.

    Halliburton Sued for Human Trafficking | Disinformation 2008

  • In a statement e-mailed to reporters in Gaza, the Ansar al-Sunna faction said the attack was a response to Israel's "Judaization" of Islamic holy places in Jerusalem and elsewhere in the West Bank.

    Gaza Rocket Kills Man in Israel 2010

  • "The army controls the east of Zinjibar and the Ansar al-Sunna hold the western part of the city," Khalid al Saeed said, referring to a group which the government says is linked to al Qaeda.

    Reuters: Press Release 2012

  • In a statement e-mailed to reporters in Gaza, the Ansar al-Sunna faction said the attack was a response to Israel's "Judaization" of Islamic holy places in Jerusalem and elsewhere in the West Bank.

    daytondailynews.com - News MATTI FRIEDMAN 2010

  • However, Bayati said that on Monday, US and Iraqi forces "began searching houses in the neighbourhood where this soldier was from because they suspected Ansar al-Sunna (insurgent) fighters were hiding there."

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

  • Ansar al-Sunnah (alt spelling: Ansar al-Sunna) was the chief rival of al Qaeda in Iraq for sheer brutality.

    The Jawa Report 2009

  • Iraq is not currently a terrorist safe haven, but terrorists, including Sunni groups like al - Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI), Ansar al-Islam (AI), and Ansar al-Sunna

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • One camp comprised the members of noble Arabian families, many of whom came to Islam late, and they became known as the ahl al-Sunna, or the people of law or tradition.

    PhDiva 2008

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