This seems like good news:

Sheikh Osama Jadaan's dislike of foreign occupation is nothing compared to his contempt for Iraq's other intruders - the foreign jihadists who have indiscriminately killed thousands of his countrymen. Now, in what coalition commanders hope will mark a turning of the tide against al-Qaeda in Iraq, he has become the first of the Sunni tribal leaders to declare war on the terrorists to whom, until now, they have given safe haven.

He is well-placed to do so - his al-Karabla tribe lives around the desert city of Al Qaim, near the Syrian border in Anbar province, the Sunni insurgents' stronghold.

Sheikh Jadaan's armed followers claim to have arrested and killed 300 would-be jihadis entering from Syria, many bound for service as suicide bombers with Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Good choice of words: 'arrested and killed'; almost as though they recognise that these 'insurgents' aren't actually soldiers, rather just potential murderers of men, women and children.

Wonder what amnesty international thinks of that. Wonder if they'll send a task force to Al Qaim.

What happens to a jihadi that doesn't self-detonate, and just gets shot? No raisins I guess. Shame that.

Works for me.

Though I really woudn't bother with the "arrest" part.

I have a suspicion "arrest" here is just a bit of rhetoric.

One thing that puzzles me is how come this guy is more secure in a Baghdad suburb than in his "tribal home". Sounds like his tribe might not be fully behind this move.