U.S. Arming Sunnis in Iraq to Battle Old Qaeda Allies - New York Times

U.S. Arming Sunnis in Iraq to Battle Old Qaeda Allies - New York Times: "BAGHDAD, June 10 — With the four-month-old increase in American troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks, American commanders are turning to another strategy that they acknowledge is fraught with risk: arming Sunni Arab groups that have promised to fight militants linked with Al Qaeda who have been their allies in the past."