Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The term militia in contemporary Iraq refers to armed groups that fight on behalf of or as part of the Shia-dominated Iraqi government, the Mahdi Army and Badr Organization being two of the biggest. Many predate the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, but some have emerged since, such as the Facilities Protection Service. Sunni groups that fight against the government are generally referred to as \"insurgents.\"Since the 2014 collapse of the Iraqi army in the North of Iraq in the face of the anti-Shia Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and the fatwa by the Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani calling for jihad or hashad shaabi (\"popular mobilization\") against ISIL, militias have become even more prominent in Iraq. The militias have been criticized for systematic sectarian killings and predation of Sunnis."@en }
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- Private_militias_in_Iraq abstract "The term militia in contemporary Iraq refers to armed groups that fight on behalf of or as part of the Shia-dominated Iraqi government, the Mahdi Army and Badr Organization being two of the biggest. Many predate the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, but some have emerged since, such as the Facilities Protection Service. Sunni groups that fight against the government are generally referred to as \"insurgents.\"Since the 2014 collapse of the Iraqi army in the North of Iraq in the face of the anti-Shia Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and the fatwa by the Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani calling for jihad or hashad shaabi (\"popular mobilization\") against ISIL, militias have become even more prominent in Iraq. The militias have been criticized for systematic sectarian killings and predation of Sunnis.".