Iraq - Inglese

Militiamen praised for peace seek new military paymasters

[Times - World]

Mr Ahmed, 60, who goes by the name Abu Hiba, used to be a football coach and sports club manager. Now he is in charge of 51 militiamen in the Diyala river valley – a detachment of the Sons of Iraq, the Sunni militia set up and paid for by the US military to kill or capture al-Qaeda militants.