Since the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, two critically important individuals, the deputy emir of AQI and the president of the MSC, seem to have different perspectives on the fundamental question facing post-Zarqawi AQI: Should the group continue Zarqawi’s strategy of attacks against civilian Shi’a in Iraq despite opposition from Osama bin Laden and the central Al Qa’ida leadership?

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