.Iraq integrates over 40,000 Sahwa militiamen
The Iraqi government has integrated over 40,000 Sahwa militiamen into the civil services, 30,000 of them directly into ministries.
As part of national reconciliation efforts, Iraq has been integrating members of the Sahwa (Awakening) movement, who fought Al-Qaeda and its supporters alongside US and Iraqi forces in 2006 and 2007, which led to a drastic decline in violence across the country.
Over 118,000 Sahwa members came under the direct control of the Iraqi government last October, US Major General Joseph Reynes told reporters on Sunday.
Of them, around 10,000 have been integrated into the Iraqi security forces, he added.
The US military began recruiting Sunni Arab tribesmen and former insurgents for the Sahwa militias in 2006, a move which some analysts say turned the tide in the war against Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
PressTV
As part of national reconciliation efforts, Iraq has been integrating members of the Sahwa (Awakening) movement, who fought Al-Qaeda and its supporters alongside US and Iraqi forces in 2006 and 2007, which led to a drastic decline in violence across the country.
Over 118,000 Sahwa members came under the direct control of the Iraqi government last October, US Major General Joseph Reynes told reporters on Sunday.
Of them, around 10,000 have been integrated into the Iraqi security forces, he added.
The US military began recruiting Sunni Arab tribesmen and former insurgents for the Sahwa militias in 2006, a move which some analysts say turned the tide in the war against Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
PressTV
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