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NOTES <strong>AND</strong> SOURCES n 79<br />
294. “Al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya Liwa al-Hamad,” Facebook, July 22, 2014, https://<br />
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295. Alissa J. Rubin, “On the Road to Samarra, Glimpses of Iraq’s New Fractured<br />
Reality,” New York Times, July 9, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/<br />
world/middleeast/iraq-samarra-shiite-militias-isis.html?_r=0.<br />
296. Isabel Coles, “Iranians Play Role in Breaking IS Siege of Iraqi Town,” Reuters,<br />
September 1, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/01/us-iraq-securitymiltias-iran-idUSKBN0GW2Y420140901.<br />
297. Loveday Morris, “Appointment of Iraq’s New Interior Minister Opens Door to<br />
Militia and Iranian Influence,” Washington Post, October 18, 2014, http://www.<br />
washingtonpost.com/world/appointment-of-iraqs-new-interior-minister-opens-<br />
door-to-militia-and-iranian-influence/2014/10/18/f6f2a347-d38c-4743-902a-<br />
254a169ca274_story.html.<br />
298. Tamer el-Ghobashy, “U.S.-Backed Plan for Iraqi National Guard Falters,” Wall<br />
Street Journal, October 16, 2014, http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-backed-planfor-iraqi-national-guard-unraveling-1413493028.<br />
299. Ibid.<br />
300. Dion Nissenbaum, Benoit Faucon, and Matt Bradley, “Iran Attacked Islamic<br />
State Forces in Iraq,” Wall Street Journal, December 3, 2014, http://www.wsj.<br />
com/articles/pentagon-officials-believe-iran-attacked-islamic-state-forces-iniraq-1417623790.<br />
301. Phillip Smyth, “Hizballah al-Abrar: The Latest Hizballah Franchise in Iraq,”<br />
Jihadology, November 4, 2014, http://jihadology.net/2014/11/04/hizballahcavalcade-hizballah-al-abrar-the-latest-hizballah-franchise-in-iraq/.<br />
Hezbollah<br />
al-Abrar serves as one example of the many popular-committee-style organizations<br />
developed along the lines of Lebanese Hezbollah, maintaining close<br />
links to AAH and even using Hezbollah’s imagery and symbols.<br />
302. United Press International, “Iraq: Execution-Style Killings Signal Return of<br />
Shiite Death Squads,” February 12, 2014, http://www.upi.com/Top_News/<br />
Special/2014/02/12/Iraq-Execution-style-killings-signal-return-of-Shiite-deathsquads/44901392242380/.<br />
303. Ned Parker and Ahmed Rasheed, “Special Report: Inside Iraq’s ‘Killing Zones,’”<br />
Reuters, December 17, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/17/usmideast-crisis-baghdad-specialreport-idUSKBN0JV10J20141217;<br />
Human Rights<br />
Watch, “Iraq: Pro-Government Militias’ Trail of Death,” July 31, 2014, http://<br />
www.hrw.org/news/2014/07/31/iraq-pro-government-militias-trail-death.
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