14.06.2007 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Islamic State of Iraq, a militant group linked to al-Qaeda, says it has killed 14 Iraqi army and police personnel ("Iraqi Al-Qaeda Group Says It Killed 14 Officers") [ID 20619]

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06.2007 - Source: Freedom House

Insurgents, militias, and criminal gangs responsible for the mistreatment and killing of thousands of Iraqi civilians ("Freedom in the World 2007") [ID 20741]

"Insurgents, militias, and criminal gangs, many with ties to government security forces, were responsible for the mistreatment and killing of thousands of Iraqi civilians in 2006."

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08.01.2007 - Source: Human Rights Watch

HRW urges Iraqi government to prosecute security forces for abuses ("US Plan Must Rein in Death Squads") [ID 20189]

"Any new US plan for Iraq will fail to provide security for Iraqis unless it dismantles militias that have terrorized the civilian population, Human Rights Watch said today. The militias have operated as quasi-independent security forces under the protection of the Ministry of Interior, abducting, torturing and killing hundreds of people every month and dumping mutilated corpses in public areas."

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19.12.2006 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Report released on 18 December by the U.S. Department of Defence painted a bleak picture of the security situation, saying that attacks on US and Iraqi targets have surged since August, and that Shiite militants are now the most significant threat in Baghdad and responsible for more civilian deaths and injuries than terrorist organisations such as Al-Qaeda ("U.S. Says Attacks In Iraq At Record High") [ID 18078]

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14.11.2006 - Source: ReliefWeb

Analysis of insurgency ("Iraq's post-Saddam insurgency"), Autor: Council on Foreign Relations [ID 18054]

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09.09.2003 - Source: International Crisis Group

Report focused on growing nationalism, religious polarisation, strengthened Shiite religious activism, increased power for locally-based groups and Iraqui shiism ("Iraq’s Shiites Under Occupation") [#15905],  [ID 10714]

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25.08.2003 - Source: International Crisis Group

Analysis of the armed resistance ("original document") [ID 10622]

Armed resistance consisting of: - Members of the Old Regime - Sunni Islamists - Tribal resistance - Soldiers of fortune - Volunteer Militants and Islamists Militants from Abroad

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Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Overview of armed groups in Iraq ("A survey of armed groups in Iraq") [#46246],  [ID 20980]

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