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US Air Strike Kills 6 Sunni Allies

Tensions already high with Awakening

CNN CNN Mar 22, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - US helicopters opened fire on two checkpoints manned by a pro-American group today, killing six members of the Sons of Iraq and injuring two civilians. The attack could exacerbate already strained tensions between the US and the Awakening Councils it employs, CNN reports. The US said that its helicopter opened fire after it spotted five people “conducting suspicious terrorist activity.” More »

More about:  Iraq • Iraq death toll • Awakening Councils • Concerned Local Citizens

Female Bomber Kills
Anti-Qaeda Sunni Sheik

Diyala-area Awakening leader hit in attack

Associated Press Associated Press Mar 10, 08 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A female suicide bomber assassinated a Sunni Awakening leader in his Diyala province home today, the AP reports, killing the sheik’s bodyguard, cousin, and 5-year-old niece along with him. The woman had come to see the sheik yesterday, saying her husband had been kidnapped and was begging for help. “She came back this morning and nobody checked her,” the sheik’s brother said. More »

More about:  Iraq • al-Qaeda in Iraq • suicide bomber • Awakening Councils • female suicide bomber • Diyala Province • Baquba • Concerned Local Citizens

Sunni Fighters Growing Tired
of US Neglect

Disputed killings, lack of support weakens plan to reduce violence

Washington Post Washington Post Feb 28, 08 12:06 PM CST
(Newser) - The mostly Sunni volunteer forces that have drastically improved Iraq’s security are losing patience with US handlers, the Washington Post reports. Desertions are under way in key provinces over lack of resources, political disagreements, and disputed accounts of US troops killing members of the so-called Sunni Awakening. “Now, there is no cooperation with Americans,” one commander said. “We have stopped fighting al-Qaeda.” More »

More about:  Iraq • al-Qaeda • Shiite • Sunnis • Awakening Councils • Diyala • Concerned Local Citizens

US Pushes for Sunni-Shiite Reconciliation

New strategy aims to integrate 'concerned' locals into government

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Jan 14, 08 2:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Convincing Iraq’s Shiite-dominated government to embrace the former Sunni insurgents known as “Concerned Local Citizens” is the key priority for US leaders in Iraq, the LA Times reports. The US-funded CLCs have been vital to Iraq’s improving security, patrolling areas without a regular police presence. But Iraqi leaders are resisting, fearing the creation of a rival Sunni army. More »

More about:  Iraq • Iraq war • Shiite • Iraq government • Sunnis • Iraqi soldiers • Concerned Local Citizens

Iraq Seeks to Break Up Sunni Fighter Units

Shiite-led gov't fears US-backed militias
will become rival force

Associated Press Associated Press Dec 23, 07 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Iraq's Shiite-dominated government is demanding that Sunni militias who are helping fight Islamic extremists eventually disband, fearing they will otherwise turn into their own military force. The militias, called Awakening Councils, or Concerned Local Citizens, comprise more than 70,000 Iraqis, including former insurgents, and are funded by the United States. More »

More about:  Iraq • United States • troop surge • Shiite • Sunni • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Awakening Councils • Concerned Local Citizens • militias

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