Another Sunni tribe joins the fight against al Qaeda in Iraq

Zeyad Kasim at Iraqslogger posted this news today:

Sot Al-Iraq reports ongoing clashes between Zoba’ tribesmen and insurgents affiliated with Al-Qaeda in Iraq or the Islamic State of Iraq in Abu Ghraib, Al-Zaidan and Amiriyat Al-Fallujah west of Baghdad. The clashes were in response to the assassination attempt against Deputy Prime Minister Salam Al-Zobai, who is a member of the tribe, several days ago and a failed assassination attempt against a Zoba’ tribal leader in Mosul yesterday.

Again Al Qaeda missed their mark, but they did manage to kill the tribal leader's 24-year-old son. As if this wasn't enough, as Kasim goes on to report:

Local sources and the state-run Al-Iraqiya TV reported that two suicide bombers attacked the residence of another Zoba’ tribal leader at Abu Ghraib west of Baghdad this morning. The attacks targeted Sheikh Dhahir Al-Dhari, a cousin of Sheikh Harith Al-Dhari, the head of the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq.

Now why if all the violence in Iraq is related to sectarian differences are we seeing these clashes between the Sunni tribals and their coreligionists and why would Al-Dhari have recently joined the Anbar Salvation Council against Al-Qaeda in Iraq? As Kasim reports, up to recently, the Zoha' tribe had "strongly supported the Sunni-led insurgency against the U.S."

Could the tide be turning in Iraq?