Military Review English Edition July-August 2015 | Page 109

ROLE OF TRIBES

(Photo by Azhar Shallal, AFP, Getty Images)

A member of Iraqi security forces, who are backed by Sunni tribesmen, gives assistance to comrades who were wounded 7 September
2014 during an attack on a military post in Anbar Province, west of the provincial capital Ramadi, during the visit of Ahmed al-Dulaimi,
the governor of Iraq's Anbar Province.

a chance as well as to support the ISF’s efforts to remove
AQI from the protests. Other leaders, especially those who
resented Sheikh Ahmed’s ascent to power in 2006–07,
distanced themselves from his proposal and called on the
protesters to continue. Ali Hatem al-Suleiman, whose
great-grandfather aligned with British forces during the
British occupation of Iraq, was a vocal opponent of Sheikh
Ahmed. Ali Hatem claimed to head the Tribal Military
Council, which was composed of Tribal Revolutionaries.
Tensions between the two camps erupted in
December 2013 after Anbari MP (Member of
Parliament) Ahmad Alwani was arrested at