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Conference in Tikrit to discuss Sahwa councils

February 17, 2009 - 01:45:02

SALAH AL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq: A security conference was held on Tuesday in Tikrit at the headquarters of the Iraqi army 4th division, to discuss the final mechanisms to include Sahwa (Awakening) fighters in state institutes and security forces.

“Discussions were serious and detailed,” Colonel Arsalan Jameel, the division’s media director, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He explained that the conference participants also tackled compensations for Sahwa (Awakening) fighters who fell while battling terror in Iraq. 

Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad.

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