(23.Januar 2014) “The idea is we need to give greater authorities to the Sunni provinces” and make Sunni tribal fighters “an integral part of [Iraq’s] military force,” said Osama al-Nujaifi, the speaker of parliament. (…)

With Maliki’s agreement, the administration is also seeking to re-create the Sunni “Awakening” of 2006-2007, when Sunni tribesmen in Anbar received arms and money directly from the U.S. military to subdue militants in the province. The new arms are to be funneled through the Iraqi government.