Mon. December 01, 2008
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Institute for War and Peace Reporting
November 24, 2008
The concern came as
US forces handed back control of the largely
sunni militia forces known as the Awakening Councils (Al-Sahwa) to the
Shia-led government. ...
Al-Ahram Weekly
November 21, 2008
It is not surprising, therefore, that Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, leader of the Sahwa -- Awakening Group -- in
Anbar has called for a strategic alliance with ...
Los Angeles Times
November 12, 2008
Hadi Mizban / AP
Iraqis inspect a bus damaged in a
bombing - violence that was a reminder of the attacks that plagued
Iraq before many
Sunni fighters chose ...
Arab Times
November 10, 2008
"We brought security to the area and now they call us a
militia," said Barakat al-
Obeidi, 35, a local Sahwa member whose brother, a Sahwa commander, ...
Africasia
November 10, 2008
"We brought security to the area and now they call us a
militia," said Barakat al-
Obeidi, 35, a Sahwa member in
Adhamiyah, a centuries-old
Sunni district ...
The National
November 5, 2008
The Sahwa Councils have entered into an uneasy alliance with
US forces despite continued suspicion and hostility towards the
Americans among tribes. ...
The National
November 5, 2008
The Sahwa Councils have entered into an uneasy alliance with
US forces despite continued suspicion and hostility towards the
Americans among tribes. ...
Middle East Times
November 3, 2008
by Benjamin Morgan Two members of the Sahwa (Awakening)
militias, man a checkpoint in the
Adhamiyah district of
Baghdad.
Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister Saheb ...
Middle East Times
November 3, 2008
by Benjamin Morgan Two members of the Sahwa (Awakening)
militias, man a checkpoint in the
Adhamiyah district of
Baghdad.
Iraq's deputy oil minister has ...
France24
November 3, 2008
First Post
November 3, 2008
With the
Shia-dominated government largely restricting its assistance to
Shias, displaced
Sunnis have nowhere to turn but the sahwa, driving more
Iraqis ...
ISN
November 3, 2008
As American forces hand back control of the largely
sunni militia forces known as the Awakening (al-Sahwa) Councils to the
Shia-led government, ...
France24
November 3, 2008
Arab Times
November 2, 2008
The National
October 31, 2008
And while he battled against
Sunni extremists, he also fought
Shia militia groups who, at the height of the sectarian civil war in 2007 grew enormously ...
Workers' Liberty
October 29, 2008
Since the
Sunni ex-"resistance" al-
Sahwa militias, previously paid by
the US, came under
Iraqi government control on 1 October, the government has moved to ...
Intelligence Online
October 22, 2008
During his stint in
Iraq Petraeus managed to considerably weaken
Sunni terrorist groups by funding and arming
Sunni Forces of Sahwa ("
Awakening Forces") to ...
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
October 16, 2008
"We displaced families that were collaborators with the
Americans and we displaced families that were Sahwa," he said, referring to the
Sunni militiamen who ...
The National
October 14, 2008
To date, no sahwa council has been established in the city, largely because key Iraqi tribes in the area - especially
Sunni Arabs - have preferred to back ...
The National
October 1, 2008
Iranian-trained
militia forces have a prominent role in the security services. "Some
Shiite political parties say the Sahwa are a
sunni militias, ...
Hindu
October 1, 2008
GulfNews
September 26, 2008
Workers' Liberty
September 24, 2008
On that day, some 100000 members of the Sahwa
sunni militias whom
the US (after long negotiations) managed to hive off from
al Qaeda last year are to be ...
ABC Online
September 24, 2008
Electronic Iraq
September 24, 2008
I can't even think of going back; there's someone from
al-Qa'ida living in my house now, and he's joined up with the Sahwa [
the US-funded Awakening groups]. ...
Middle East Times
September 23, 2008
Human Rights Watch (press release)
September 23, 2008
I can't even think of going back; there's someone from
al-Qa'ida living in my house now, and he's joined up with the Sahwa [
the US-funded Awakening groups]. ...
Kurdish Aspect
September 22, 2008
Government efforts to marginalize the province's mostly
Sunni Sahwa fighters have increased considerably since the operation commenced. ...
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
September 19, 2008
They've formed a political party, the Sahwa Conference, that intends to challenge the
Iraqi Islamic Party, one of the only
Sunni parties to stand in the ...
The National
September 16, 2008
The sahwa, or awakening, councils brought 99000
Iraqis - many former
Insurgents - on to
the US payroll. Some had once fought with al Qa'eda, ...
MiamiHerald.com
September 11, 2008
For almost two years
the Pentagon paid men in the mainly
Sunni group at least $300 a month each to fight
al-Qaida and other
Sunni extremist groups. ...
Newsweek
September 11, 2008
Starting next month, the command and bankrolling of the more than 50000
militia men in
Baghdad will be handed to the Iraqi military (thousands more around ...
Workers' Liberty
September 10, 2008
In some you have the
Sahwa militia [the "Awakening Councils",
sunni militias co-opted by the
Americans] in power. I spoke to some of them, young men: they ...
Middle East Times
September 9, 2008
Reports from
Iraq say that neighborhood
militias, often sectarian-based, have become widespread, especially with the rise of the
Sunni "Sahwa," or ...
BBC News
September 9, 2008
Council on Foreign Relations
September 8, 2008
The second threat that most people saw at least at the beginning of the surge was the faction led by
Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi
militia. ...
GulfNews
September 8, 2008
the US has seriously considered granting large numbers of
Sunni Awakening Forces entry to the US as a reward for their role in their fight against
al Qaida, ...
RINF.COM
September 6, 2008
Many anti-occupation militants are now members of the primarily
Sunni Sahwa forces - also backed by
the US "The militants believe that the
Shia officials ...
World Press Review
September 4, 2008
Four million displaced persons, physical walls of separation, a strong
sunni militia controlling
Anbar Province, and continued violence in several provinces ...
