Topic: Awakening Council

Iraqi Sunni fighters detained for past attacks

AP News - 1015 days ago
Iraqi officials say anti-insurgent Sunni leaders detained for past violence against US forcesA Sunni militia leader who took up arms against insurgents now faces charges linked to bloodshed before joining the U.S.-led battle setting up another potential showdown over how ...

US-backed Iraqi troops quell Baghdad uprising

AP News - 1050 days ago
US-backed Iraqi troops round up Sunni fighters, quell uprising in central BaghdadU.S. -backed Iraqi forces swept through a central Baghdad slum Sunday, disarming Sunnis from a government-allied paramilitary group to quell a two-day uprising launched to protest the arrest of their ...

Sons of Iraq get a new boss

AP News - 1234 days ago
Iraq government to take charge of U.S.-backed Sunni fightersThe quarrel didn't last long.Angry Sunni fighters temporarily abandoned their checkpoints in a western Baghdad neighborhood after Iraqi soldiers briefly detained some of their colleagues, whose U.S.-backed patrols ...