National reconciliation emphasizes legal finance Awakening Councils

10/02/2012 11:26

Baghdad, February 10 (Rn) - The Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Reconciliation Amer Khuzaie Friday, that the financing of the Awakening Councils in the budget in 2012 was legal and what played the role of tribal factions and described as "important" in the security.

The Awakening Councils or as they are called by the U.S. Army "Sons of Iraq" was formed in 2006 at the height of sectarian fighting fund and support the U.S. military.

And contributed to the formation of the Awakening Councils, which began for the first time in western Anbar province in Iraq's security, and the success of the experiment at that time in Anbar to be circulated to all provinces, especially the provinces with Sunni majority, who lived a deterioration in security, most of which were outside the control of the federal government.

With the establishment of security in Iraq is significantly and the signing of the security agreement between Iraq and America, the Iraqi side had received a file Awakening in 2008. The number of members of these councils formed at the height of about 100 thousand fighters.

He said Khuzai told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that "the funding support councils (Awakening) in the budget in 2012 does not contradict with the Constitution, which is legal."

He explained that the "file of national reconciliation and attribution is not any partisan intent, but designed to take advantage of them in the establishment of security and the fight against terrorist groups."

And give the Iraqi government salary of $ 350 thousand dinars for each element of the Awakening month, the Iraqi government has taken measures aimed to reduce the phenomenon of militarization of Iraqi society through the integration of state institutions of civil and military.

There is concern among the tribal militias armed with a slow over the future of government in the implementation of integrated plans for state institutions.

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