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unusual facts about Anbar Salvation Council


Anbar Salvation Council

Shortly after the invasion in 2003, Sunni tribal leaders and former Ba'athists, led by members of the Al-Kharbit (Khalifa) and Al-Gaoud (Nimr) families met to select former Ba'ath General Karim Burjis as their unofficial leader and new Governor of Anbar Province.



see also

Abu Risha

Abdul Sattar Abu Risha (1972-2007), an Iraqi Sunni tribal sheikh and leader of the Anbar Salvation Council

Ahmed Abu Risha, brother of Abdul Sattar Abu Risha who took over as leader of the Anbar Salvation Council

Al Anbar governorate election, 2009

The National Front was led by Sheikh Ali Hatim, the tribal leader of the Dulaim tribal confederation - the largest in Anbar - and has previously clashed with Abu Risha's brother, Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, when he was the head of the Anbar Salvation Council.