Here is an extract that I was talking about earlier:
Militant groups fighting US-led troops in Iraq plan to unite under one umbrella and rein in sectarian attacks by loyalists of suspected Al Qaeda operative Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, a Kuwaiti daily said Monday.
Very soon, these groups will combine their efforts under a single jihad (holy war) banner, governed by a Shura (consultative) Council authorized by religious scholars, the Al-Rai Al-Aam newspaper said citing sources very close to Iraqi jihadi groups.
If Zarqawi does not abandon his plans to instigate a sectarian rift, the groups will force him to do so even if that requires taking up arms against him, the paper quoted one of its sources as saying.
A document released by the US military and said to be authored by Zarqawi set out plans to spark civil war in Iraq by attacking Shiite targets.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2004/October/focusoniraq_October39.xml§ion=focusoniraq
Certainly does go hand in hand.