Ansar al-Sunnah Army -- Suspected Alias/Ally

The Army of the Followers of Sunni Islam (Jaish Ansar al-Sunnah) was responsible for the September 2004 kidnapping and subsequent murder of three Iraqi truck drivers. The drivers were transporting supplies from the Safwan area in southern Iraq near Basra to American military camps at al-Taji. The men kidnapped were Abbas Muslim Nuri, Farhan Halil Kathim and Sabbar Kanash Akhmam, and were known to be from the Safwan region. The group opposes the US-led coalition in Iraq and has voiced a "warning to everyone who cooperates with the Crusader forces, to repent and put an end to being infidels and apostates, or else we will promise you by God that the mujahedeen will be waiting for you, and you will see nothing from us but killing."  <P><br />A videotape was posted on the internet shortly after the murder of the three men, showing each of them confess to working with the Americans before being shot.

While this group has not claimed an attack since September 2004, similarities in name suggest ties to the Followers of the Sunni Tradition (Ansar al-Sunnah), a prominent and active Iraqi terrorist organization.

The Arnoldo Camu Command claimed responsibility for a September 1989 bombing attack on the US Embassy in Santiago Chile.  One guard was wounded in the attack. <P><br /><br />The namesake of the group, Arnoldo Camu, was a lawyer, presidential advisor, and active member of the Political Commission of the Socialist Party.  Camu was murdered by government agents just two weeks after the 1973 coup that overthrew the Socialist Party and brought the Pinochet regime to power.  <P><br /><br />Although the group was previously unknown, and gave no motive for their attack, from their namesake and target, one can speculate that the organization was a leftist group protesting US support for the Pinochet regime that ruled Chile from 1973-1990.<br />

The Arnoldo Camu Command has not claimed responsibility for an attack since 1990, and is most likely inactive.  <br />