Ibrahim al-Shemmari, jurubicara kelompok Sunni utama, Tentara Islam Irak Sunni (IIA) dalam wawancara dengan jaringan televisi Al-Jazeera mengatakan, di sana terdapat jurang pemisah yang dalam antara kelompoknya dan pasukan Al-Qaeda di Irak.
Ibrahim al-Shemmari, spokesman of the predominantly Sunni Iraq Islamic Army (IIA), also said in an interview with al-Jazeera television that there was a widening gap between his group and al-Qaeda forces in Iraq.