Iraqi troops search for members of the Awakening Council who rebelled after the arrest of their leader. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)A Mutiny Among Militia Threatens Peace In Iraq After US airstrike -- Times Online
A mutiny in the ranks of a key Iraqi militia credited with helping US forces to defeat al-Qaeda in Iraq is threatening to plunge the country back into bloody sectarian violence.
The rebellion by some members of the Awakening Councils, a Sunni Arab paramilitary force of more than 90,000 men, could unravel the improvements in security since 2007. If left unchecked it threatens to push the country back to the brink of civil war, pitting Sunnis against the Shias.
A US airstrike on Thursday night targeted a group of Awakening Council men north of Baghdad who were suspected of planting a roadside bomb. One person was killed and two others were wounded and arrested.
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