Something about this was previously reported in the Washington Post a couple of weeks ago, but now the situation is getting much worse.
Leading members of the 80,000-strong Sahwa, or awakening, councils have said they will stop fighting unless payment of their $10 a day (£5) wage is resumed. The fighters are accusing the US military of using them to clear al-Qaida militants from dangerous areas and then abandoning them.
Uh, why has the US stopped paying off these guys before the November elections? Did Halliburton/Blackwater steal the payoff money?
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