Sunni reawakening in Iraq hinges on US push for national guard The US-backed plan for an Iraqi national guard to recruit and support Sunnis fighting the militant group ISIL, a linchpin of president Barack Obama’s strategy, faces an immediate political test and an uncertain outlook. Pressed by the Obama administration, new Iraqi prime minister Haidar Al Abadi is scheduled to send parliament legislation on Tuesday aimed in part at reprising the Sunni Awakening movement that fought Al Qaeda alongside the US military in Anbar province a decade ago. Locally recruited guard forces would provide Sunni boots on the ground to combat extremists in provinces hostile to Iraq’s Shiite-dominated military.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:23:38 +0000
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