As reported earlier, a Sunni Islamic State has been declared in Iraq. Hundreds of Sunni fighters have taken to the streets in Ramadi, capital of the Anbar province, to announce that they too have joined the republic. Cars formed convoys as mosque loudspeakers broadcasted a statement of declaration.

One Mujahidin leader, Abu Harith, said; “We are from Mujahidin Shura Council and our amir is Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. God willing we will set the law of Sharia here and we will fight the Americans. We have announced the Islamic state. Ramadi is part of it. Our state will comprise all the Sunni provinces of Iraq.”

In an announcement last week, the Shura Council announced the formation of the Mutayibin Coalition to fight off occupying US forces. The Mutayibin Coalition is a reference to a pre-Islam pact in which the leaders of Prophet Muhammad’s tribe agreed to never let each other down. The Islamic State is said to include the Sunni areas of Baghdad, the provinces of Anbar (which is a third of Iraq in itself), Diyala, Kirkuk, Salah al-Din, Nineveh and parts of Babil and Wasit.

Iraq has 18 provinces. The inclusion of Ramadi into the Sunni Islamic State is thought to be just the beginning, as the rest of the Sunni provinces are expected to follow.

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