Members of the Partisans of the Sunni have not claimed responsibility for any recent attacks although they are suspected of participating in the violence that continues to plague the 'Triangle.' As sectarian violence continues to increase in Iraq and militants take security into their own hands, it is expected that the Partisans of the Sunni will remain active.

The Patriotic Resistance Army did not publicly articulate its goals, nor did it claim credit for any other attacks. It is not known what political affiliations they held.

Kurdish Democratic Party -- Rival and Ally

sponsored by the United States, Iran, Syria, and Libya at various times in the past; currently receives contributions from Kurdish diaspora and taxes collected by the Kurdish Regional Government

In June 2005, Jalal Talabani, Secretary General of the PUK, was elected president of Iraq by the Iraqi Provisional Council and reelected in April 2006 by the Iraqi National Assembly.  In addition, as a result of the 1998 peace agreement, the PUK and KDP now share control of the Kurdish Regional Government, which administers the semi-autonomous region in Iraq established by the Kurds after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. The semi-autonomous government includes an elected parliament, police force, schools, tax collectors, and an army. As an organization, the PUK has evolved into a political party representing Kurds in the current Iraqi government. The group now maintains that it will peacefully work for an independent Kurdistan.

Since the arrest of four of its members following the ricin plot, the Patriots Council has not publicly surfaced again. Even during its heyday, the Patriots Council committed no successful attacks and only fringe members of the organization intended to cause physical damage to the US government. It is assumed that moderate members distanced themselves from the group, which has now been forever associated with plotting biological terrorist attacks, and that extreme members left the group once the FBI was able to successfully penetrate the organization.