Islamists, Experts Speculate on Abu Hamza, new leader of "al-Qaeda in Iraq"

"Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the new leader of the Salafi Jihadis in Iraq, has threatened to kill Sunni Arab leaders cooperating with the US in the Green Zone in the center of Baghdad.

al-Sharq al-Awsat interviews Sunni Islamists and Arab experts on Islamists for their reaction to the emergence of al-Muhajir as the successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Its sources thought him likely from the Levant (Syria or Lebanon, maybe Jordan), an expert in Islamic canon law, and from the post-Afghanistan generation of radical Sunni activists (perhaps even cutting his teeth on violence in Iraq itself during the past 3 years).

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Juan Cole

What happened to the new leader they had just a few days ago? Al-foreigner, or al-Baghdadi. Must have bee a hell of a fire fight I guess this is a latest guy left standing. Maybe these people should just hold an election? Anyway hopefully they will keep fighting for the top job. I told you these transitions could be hectic.