Zarqawi 'hogging' contributions from 'wealthy individuals' to resistance

informedcomment: Al-Hayat reports a telephone conversation with an Iraqi guerrilla leader who complained that the radical groups who claim to speak for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia and Ansar al-Islam are much wealthier than the predominantly Iraqi armed resistance, groups like the Army of Muhammad. He said that the Zarqawi-linked groups receive contributions from wealthy individuals** in the Arab and Muslim worlds who are connected to al-Qaeda networks. He reported that they imagine that the money is going to the resistance generally, but in fact is hogged by Zarqawi. He said that Zarqawi remains a shadowy figure in the Sunni Arab regions of Iraq. Al-Hayat also reports that the Army of Muhammad and other Iraqi guerrilla groups are denying reports that they are in secret negotiations with the Americans, and warning that they have not authorized anyone to conduct such talks.

db: ** Maybe Muqtada al-Sadr raised this yesterday