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Fair Observer
July 10, 2014
These include the General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries (GMCIR), whose leadership is mostly made up of ex-Iraqi army officers of Sunni and tribal origin, as well as former Sahwa (awakening) forces. Jaysh Rijal al-Tariqah al-Naqshabandia (JRTN) — also known as the Naqshabandi OrderÃâà...
BBC News
July 2, 2014
In reality, the group was much weakened through abandonment of the IAI for the Sahwa, or Awakening, forces (anti-al-Qaeda Sunni militia) and the joining of the political process. As of now, the IAI effectively offers the choice to the central government of either giving in to the IAI's calls for a Sunni federalÃâà...
BBC News
March 14, 2014
When US troops left, the Sahwa commanders predicted Mr Maliki's government, fearing the existence of a large, armed Sunni militia of this kind, would ... In 2008, when we met Sheikh Ali, a local imam and key figure in the founding of the Dora Awakening forces, he had told us al-Qaeda was not 100%Ãâà...
