<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"/> January 13, 2003 Kurds Face a Second Enemy: Islamic Fighters on Iraq FlankBy C. J. CHIVERS HINERWE MOUNTAIN, Iraq, Jan. 12 — Peering down from this snowcapped peak, Khakamend Khakarush Omar, a Kurdish military commander who has spent his life resisting Saddam Hussein, pointed to villages in the valley below. All are under enemy control, ringed by bunkers and armed bearded men. The enemy gunmen on the opposing ridge are not in Mr. Hussein's army. They pay no allegiance to any state. They are fighters for Ansar al Islam, a group of militants...
