Iraqi Guerrillas Reveal �Post-US Plan�

Several Iraqi guerrilla groups, including the Jaysh Muhammed (Muhammed's Army), Ansar al-Sunna (Followers of the Sunna [Faith]) and the Muqawama al-Iraqi al-Islamiya (Iraqi Islamic Resistance), issued a joint statement vowing to take control of Iraqi cities once the United States and their allies withdraw. Distributed in leaflet form, the vow is considered by many Baghdadis as "no more than a display of bravado."

"It is a fantasy, an attempt to frighten the occupation troops, Iraqi [party] militias, and the so-called Iraqi police," said Sheikh Laqeen al-Qaisi, imam of the predominantly Sunni al-Sadiq al-Amin mosque.

Although the statement was signed jointly by the various groups, they have a history of not being able to agree and work together.