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Iraq seeks to combine Sunni, Shiite troops
« on: January 19, 2017, 03:20:50 am »
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Iraq seeks to combine Sunni, Shiite troops

BAGHDAD — Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) is stirring up more controversy, this time over an order to integrate the primarily Shiite force with fighters from the Ninevah Guard, a mainly Sunni group.

The Ninevah Guard, previously known as the National Mobilization Forces, had been banned from participating in the battle of Mosul, and a former leader, Atheel al-Nujaifi, is a wanted man. Yet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi gave the order to merge the groups on Dec. 31.

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/nineveh-guard-popular-mobilization-atheel-al-nujaifi.html#ixzz4WAr55ixG

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Re: Iraq seeks to combine Sunni, Shiite troops
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2017, 03:28:14 am »
What could go wrong.  I'm thinking campfire Kumbaya type sing-a-longs and share a sheep/goat night.