The Tribes of Iraq Coalition (List 398) also known as the Anbar Salvation Council is an Iraqi political coalition formed to contest the 2009 Al Anbar governorate election which won 2 out of 29 seats.[1][2] The party was one of several formed out of the Awakening movements - Sunni tribal militias armed and financed by the United States Army to fight al-Qaeda in Iraq. The coalition was led by Sheikh Hamid al-Hais. In an interview with the Washington Post prior to the election, Hais said he would kill all the Iraqi Islamic Party's candidates if anything happened to any of his candidates.[3]

They joined the National Iraqi Alliance for the 2010 Iraqi Elections.[4]

References

  1. ↑ final election results Archived 2011-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Niqash, 25 February 2009
  2. ↑ Election preliminary results Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, UNAMI, 5 February 2009
  3. ↑ Iraq Election Highlights Ascendancy of Tribes, Washington Post, 24 January 2009
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-02-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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