| 11. | Stockmoe credits the shriveling of insurgent attacks mainly to the division's co-opting of local tribal sheiks.
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| 12. | These tribal sheiks, associated with the Anbar Salvation Council, had taken up arms against Al-Qaeda Iraq.
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| 13. | Young Iraqis are being recruited in this region for the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, mostly after being recommended by tribal sheiks.
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| 14. | On Saturday, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and a group of 11 tribal sheiks and other prominent citizens began discussing the standoff.
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| 15. | But children wave and grab at them gaily and officers have forged ties with local tribal sheiks, imams and other community leaders.
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| 16. | They are onging with prominent Fallujah personalities and tribal sheiks to reach a peaceful solution, " said Interior Ministry spokesman Sabah Kadhim.
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| 17. | Later that day, the officer could find himself sitting down for his first face-to-face meeting with a local tribal sheik.
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| 18. | Zawi last saw his father, a tribal sheik who lives in Western Sahara's seaside capital, El Aioun, 24 years ago.
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| 19. | A tribal sheik and his driver were killed Saturday when gunmen opened fire on their car near the northern city of Kirkuk, police said.
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| 20. | But the government's negotiations with tribal sheiks have stalled because they do not want to compromise the tribe's demands, the spokesman said.
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