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ID096962
Title ProperPreliminary results from voices of the Mada'in
Other Title Informationa tribal history and study of one of Baghdad's six rural districts
LanguageENG
AuthorSilverman, Adam L
Publication2010.
Summary / Abstract (Note)From July to October 2008, Human Terrain Team Iraq 6 (HTT IZ6) undertook an oral tribal study and social history project in Mada'in Qada, Iraq. During that four-month period IZ6 formally interviewed over forty tribal leaders. At the same time team members participated in humanitarian assistance operations with internally displaced persons (IDPs), as well as regular citizens of the region. In both the formal, elite-level interviews and the participant observations, four major themes became apparent: (1) The tribal law, written or oral, is often generally perceived as codes, covenants, and/or constitutions. (2) The tribal legal system and the tribal courts are an adversarial and remedial/restorative justice mediation system. (3) The Government of Iraq (GOI) is perceived as being under foreign influence. Members of the GOI are commonly referred to as Iranian agents, Iranians, Zoroastrians and/or fire worshippers (Mithraites) by both Sunnis and Shi'a alike. And (4) the dispute between Sunni and Shi'a is predominantly about resources, not religion. The purpose of this article is to describe the task order for the project, describe the oral history project itself, discuss the research challenges that arose in a semi-permissive environment, present the preliminary findings and tie them into the reality of the ongoing Counterinsurgency Operations in Iraq.
`In' analytical NoteCambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 23, No. 2; Jun 2010: p223-236
Journal SourceCambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 23, No. 2; Jun 2010: p223-236
Key WordsMada ;  Tribal History ;  Tribal ;  Baghdad ;  Iraq ;  Sectarianism


 
 
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