Conference in Tikrit to discuss Sahwa councils

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: A security conference was held on Tuesday in Tikrit at the headquarters of the Iraqi army 4th division, to discuss the final mechanisms to include Sahwa (Awakening) fighters in state institutes and security forces. “Discussions were serious and detailed,” Colonel Arsalan Jameel, the division’s media director, told IraqiNews.com news agency. He explained that the conference participants also tackled compensations for Sahwa (Awakening) fighters who fell while battling terror in Iraq . Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad . MH (P)/SR 2