armageddon update:
US, Iraqis training Sunni fighters against ISIS
Sunni tribal fighters take part in a military training to fight against militants of the Islamic State, on the outskirt of Ramadi, west of Baghdad. (Reuters photo)
BRUSSELS: US forces and their Iraqi counterparts have trained about 2,000 Sunni fighters in Iraq as part of efforts to defeat the Islamic State extremist group, a senior US official said on Tuesday.
Iraq's Shia-led government, trying to reverse the marginalization of Sunnis, is seeking to form a "bridging entity" where Sunnis tribesmen defend their provinces before they are brought into an Iraqi national force, the US state department official told reporters on condition of anonymity.
Iraq's Shia-led government, trying to reverse the marginalization of Sunnis, is seeking to form a "bridging entity" where Sunnis tribesmen defend their provinces before they are brought into an Iraqi national force, the US state department official told reporters on condition of anonymity.
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