Mahmud Saleh
Armed Sahwa (Awakening) militiamen, former Sunni rebels who sided with US soldiers against Al-Qaeda during Iraq's brutal insurgency, guard a checkpoint in the northern city of Samarra in 2010. Most of Iraq's remaining 40,000 anti-Qaeda militiamen have seen their pay cut by 20 percent this year following a decision by parliament, an aide to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told AFP.
