Friday, 26 February 2016

Iraq's popular demobilisation (Michael Knights, Al Jazeera)

Iraqi soldiers participate in a live ammunition training exercise with US-led Coalition trainers south of  Baghdad [Reuters]

On June 10, 2014, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani issued a fatwa that established a collective responsibility for all Iraqis to fight ISIL forces, authorising a popular mobilisation of as many fighters as were needed for as long as was needed to fend off the threat.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/iraq-popular-demobilisation-160224050939178.html

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