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NEWS ABOUT: Sunni Awakening

Sunni Awakening stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - The imminent withdrawal of US troops and the lack of funds to keep Sunni Awakening members on the payroll has led to rising violence there, the Wall Street Journal reports. The steep decline in oil revenues has left the Iraqi government broke, and former insurgents hired by the US... More »

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Baghdad • troop surge • US military • troop withdrawal • Awakening Councils • Iraqi militias • Iraq war • Sunni Awakening • oil revenue

(AP) - A suicide bomber walked into a crowd of US-allied Sunni paramilitaries in Iraq this morning and detonated his explosives belt, killing nine and wounding 30 others waiting in line for their salaries, Iraqi police said. The explosion took place outside the military headquarters in the town of Jbala, about 35... More »

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Iraq • suicide bomber • Awakening Councils • Sunni Awakening • paramilitary • Jbala

(Newser) - As the US military prepares to withdraw from Iraq's cities, security officials in both countries have observed that a smaller but more lethal insurgency seems to be gaining ground. Several recent bombings, believed to be orchestrated by al-Qaeda in Iraq, have killed 123 people in Baghdad and elsewhere, while members... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • US military • Sunnis • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia • Awakening Councils • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Sunni Awakening • insurgency • Iraqi Army

 In Iraq, US Allies 
 Fight Each Other for Control 

Arrest of Sunni leader fuels tension

Mar 30, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A showdown this weekend between Iraqi security forces and Sunni fighters known as the Awakening, both US allies, could signal challenges facing Iraq as the US prepares to leave, the Washington Post reports. After Iraqi and US forces arrested an Awakening leader Saturday, Sunni fighters swarmed a Baghdad neighborhood. "... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Iraqi soldiers • Iraq security • Awakening Councils • Iraq war • Sunni Awakening

analysis

Maliki Charts Post-Sectarian Politics in Iraq

Shiite PM teams with secular Sunnis and even militant cleric

Mar 20, 09 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Shiite party of PM Nouri al-Maliki has allied itself with Sunni political figures and even Moqtada al-Sadr, a major departure from earlier politics that followed ethnic and sectarian lines. writes Anthony Shadid in the Washington Post. All support a strong central government and advocate a united Iraq over a... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraqi government • Sadrists • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraqi elections • Sunni Awakening • Dawa

 US Hands Anbar
 Province to Iraqis

Military cedes control of largest region in Iraq

Sep 1, 08 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American military is finally handing over control of Anbar province, once the center of the Sunni insurgency, to Iraqi forces today. Once one of Iraq's most dangerous regions, Anbar was transformed as Sunni militants allied themselves with the US. The transfer of Anbar, delayed several times, brings the number... More »

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Iraq • Sunni militants • US military • Anbar • Iraq war • Sunni Awakening

 McCain: I Didn't
 Mix Up Surge
 Timeline 

Counterinsurgency tactic began before it began, he says

Jul 23, 08 8:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain insists that he did, indeed, have his facts straight when he said Tuesday that the US troop surge had made the Sunni Awakening movement possible. Barack Obama’s camp was quick to point out that Sunni tribesman had begun their revolt against al-Qaeda months before Bush announced his... More »

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Iraq • John McCain • surge • McCain 2008 • Sunni Awakening

Al-Qaeda Is Losing Allies Over Muslim Bloodshed

Backlash building against bin Laden

Apr 24, 08 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Muslim world is getting fed up with al-Qaeda, the Los Angeles Times reports, questioning its bloody tactics and ideology. Even former allies are criticizing the group for killing fellow Muslims, relying on suicide bombings, and its occasional hostility toward Palestinian groups. Second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri was concerned enough to attempt... More »

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terrorism • jihad • Muslims • Palestinian civil war • Ayman al Zawahiri • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Sunni Awakening

Updated

 Petraeus: Iraq Has Stepped Up; Gains Still Fragile

The surge is working, but things are still rough in places

Apr 8, 08 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq's security has greatly improved since September, Gen. David Petraeus told the Senate Armed Services Committee today, thanks largely to Iraqis themselves. “Iraq has also conducted a surge,” Petraeus said, pointing to the improved Iraqi army and the contribution of Sunni Awakening groups. But he warned that those... More »

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Iraq • John McCain • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • testimony • Senate Armed Services Committee • Sunni Awakening

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