updated Mon. January 16, 2023
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The National Interest Online (blog)
February 15, 2017
Beginning even before the surge was authorized by President Bush, Sunni sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha from Anbar Province approached U.S. soldiers and offered to join with them in ridding Ramadi of AQI. The resulting “Awakening” began a process that was well under way when Gen. David PetraeusÃâà...
CBS News
February 13, 2015
We have received promises and we hope that these promises will materialize in reality on the ground." It wouldn't be without precedent. In 2006, the U.S. military in Iraq under Gen. David Petraeus made a pact with Ahmed Aburisha's brother, Sheikh Abdul Sattar Aburisha, who led an alliance of Sunni tribesÃâà...
CNN International
June 3, 2014
The sheikh took over as head of the province's Awakening Council after his brother Sheikh Abdul Sattar was assassinated in 2007. While a number of the members of the council, also known as the Sons of Iraq, have been integrated into Iraq's security forces, the sheikh has said he maintains a militia ofÃâà...
TIME
September 26, 2007
When Sheik Abdul Sattar Abu Risha was assassinated Sept. 13 the culprits and the motive seemed clear. Sheik Sattar was leading the effort to rally Sunni tribes in Anbar Province to turn on the jihadists in their midst. Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) claimed responsibility for the killing, and jihadists gloated on theirÃâà...
Outside the Beltway
September 15, 2007
The most prominent figure in a U.S.-backed revolt of Sunni sheiks against al-Qaida in Iraq was killed Thursday by a bomb planted near his home in Anbar province, 10 days after he met with President Bush, police and tribal leaders said. Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha was leader of the Anbar Salvation Council,Ãâà...
ABC News
September 15, 2007
The Sunni tribal leader cooperating with the United States against al Qaeda in Iraq was killed in an improvised explosive device attack near his house in Anbar Province. Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, head of the Anbar Salvation Council (also known as the Anbar Awakening), led the revolt of Sunni tribes whoÃâà...
Boston Globe
September 13, 2007
BAGHDAD - A Sunni Muslim tribal leader who was one of the highest-profile US allies in Iraq was killed in a bomb blast yesterday, an assassination that could undermine US attempts to recruit former foes to stabilize the country. Sheik Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha was killed 10 days after meeting President BushÃâà...
BBC News
September 13, 2007
Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha was a key Sunni Arab ally of the US and Iraqi governments in Iraq's western Anbar province. The 37-year-old leader of the Al Bu Risha tribe was killed in a bomb attack near his home in the provincial capital, Ramadi, on Thursday. He was reportedly a top target forÃâà...
