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Sunni Awakening Leader's Ambitions Worry Baghdad.

Publication: APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula
Publication Date: 21-APR-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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After rising to the leadership of the awakening councils (ACs) movement which has fought al-Qaeda and helped to pacify Sunni parts of Iraq, Shaikh Ahmad Abu Risha wants to move into national politics. A tribal leader in Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, he has been working to transform a AC...

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...loose movement into a political party capable of securing gains in provincial elections set for Oct. 1.

Abu Risha says: "The government of Iraq must represent the interests of the people, and the Sunni must be better represented at the heart of government". Over the past eight months, he says, he has opened 230 offices nationwide, with 400,000 registered members. But as his political grouping grows...

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