In turn, Sunni fighters had begun attacking Iraqi soldiers, fueling more attacks on Sunnis.

The relations began to deteriorate when the Soviet war in Afghanistan caused large number of Sunni foreign fighters to arrive in Pakistan.

Yet another show of defiance came on October 18 when Sunni fighters brazenly paraded in Ramadi.

The Sunni fighters returned fire and wounded the attacker, who blew himself up as the men gathered around him.

The cease-fire however, lasted merely 4 hours, after which a new round of fighting broke out in which one Sunni fighter was killed.

Otherwise, he said, the Anger Brigades will start hunting down the Sunni fighters, believed to be foreigners.

Sheikh Baradei was reportedly a commander of the Sunni Islamist fighters, and his death led to further sectarian unrest within the city.

But, in a likely hint of things to come, all his tips involved Sunni fighters.

Shiite Arabs were targeted by foreign Sunni fighters who arrived in Iraq since 2003, under the umbrella of Al-Qaeda.

And Sunni fighters continue to heed calls by insurgent leaders to converge here.