Ansar al-Sunnah in Iraq, in eight communiqués issued between Tuesday, November 28, 2006, and today, Thursday, November 30, claim responsibility for attacks targeting American forces in the cities of Haditha, Kirkuk, Heet, and Balad. Two of these operations, including the detonation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on an American CIA vehicle and truck carrier, were videotaped. Others, composed of sniper attacks and bombings of vehicles and barracks, were stated to be revenge attacks for American crimes in Haditha.
