When you think about, the CIA is paying them either way.
"Sunnis leaving Awakening groups to join insurgents; Program was key to slowing warfare in Iraq" by Timothy Williams and Duraid Adnan, New York Times | October 17, 2010
BAQUBA, Iraq — Members of US-allied Awakening Councils have quit or been dismissed from their positions in significant numbers in recent months, prey to an intensive recruitment campaign to rejoin the Sunni insurgency, according to government officials, current and former members of the Awakening, and insurgents.
Although there are no firm figures, security and political officials say hundreds of the well-disciplined fighters — many of whom have gained extensive knowledge about the US military — appear to have returned to Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia.
Yeah, well, which "Al-CIA-Duh" would that be, huh?
The made-up "Al-CIA-Duh?"
Or the "Al-CIA-Duh" CREATION for the COURTROOM!?
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Oh, AmeriKa's MSM KNOWS ALL ABOUT and yet STILL PUSHES the CHARADE, huh?
Beyond that, officials say that even many of the Awakening fighters still on the government payroll, possibly thousands of them, covertly aid the insurgency.
You know, the SAME WAY the CIA DOES!
The defections have accelerated since Iraq’s inconclusive parliamentary elections in March, which left Sunnis uncertain of retaining what little political influence they have with the Shi’ite-led government and appear to have provided Al Qaeda new recruitment opportunities.
The loss of the Awakening members poses a new threat to Iraq’s tenuous social and political balance during the country’s ongoing political crisis....
Just when IRAQ is NOT GOING the way U.S. LEADERS WANTED!
Hmmmmm!
The Awakening began in 2006, when Sunni insurgents and tribal leaders began turning against Al Qaeda and other extremists, and its support for the government proved pivotal in pulling Iraq back from deadly sectarian warfare. They were initially paid by the US military, with promises that they would eventually be given jobs with the central government.
Like I said WE FUNDED THEM on BOTH SIDES!
But Awakening leaders and security officials say that since the spring, as many as several thousand Awakening fighters have quit, been fired, stopped showing up for duty, or ceased picking up paychecks.
During the past four months, the atmosphere has become particularly charged as the Awakening members find themselves squeezed between Iraqi security forces, who have arrested hundreds of current and former members accused of acts of recent terrorism, and Al Qaeda’s brutal recruitment techniques.
As part of the militants’ unusual, though often convincing strategy, Awakening members that Al Qaeda fails to kill are then sought out to rejoin the insurgency. They are offered larger paychecks than their $300 a month government pay and told that they would be far safer.
That is BRUTAL? Offering them more dough?
The government, which says it is trying to integrate the Awakening into broader Iraqi society, further angered the group recently by confiscating its weapons, saying Awakening fighters lack proper permits, and stripping some fighters of their ranks, which the government says were not properly earned. The pay of some Awakening leaders has also been reduced.
Iraqi officials in Baghdad say they are aware of only a handful of Awakening fighters who have quit recently and are unapologetic about the government’s treatment of the Awakening....
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