Insurgent group announces cease-fire with al-Qaeda

Above: Soldiers on patrol last month in the Ameriyah district of Baghdad, where last week battles broke out between Sunni insurgents and al-Qaeda fighters.

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iraqi militant group said on Wednesday it has reached a ceasefire deal with Iraq's wing of al Qaeda to end clashes between the two Sunni insurgent groups waging a violent campaign against U.S.-led forces in Iraq.

"A deal has been reached between the Islamic Army in Iraq and al Qaeda in Iraq that stipulates an immediate end to all military operation between the two sides in all sectors including capture operation," the Islamis Army in Iraq said in a statement on a Web site used by militants including al Qaeda.

The two groups have exchanged accusations over killings and the Islamic Army in Iraq had accused al Qaeda of seeking to dominate through its self-styled Islamic State in Iraq.

It said the two sides have agreed to form a "judicial committee to look into pending issues between the two sides."

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