Sheikhs like Alwani, who have spearheaded the fight against al-Qaida, remain vulnerable, especially outside the city.
But when some sheikhs tentatively reached out to the Americans, al-Qaida's reaction was swift and deadly.
American forces in Iraq's volatile Anbar province have a new ally, Sunni tribal sheikhs.
Some two dozen sheikhs banded together late last year, in what they called the awakening.
For angels Samara had the Saudi sheikhs Khalid bin Mahfouz and Mohammad Hussein Al-Amoudi.
The system there will at first be used to allow time-strapped sheikhs to zip across town.
But in Anbar this year, Sunni sheikhs began working with U.S. forces to stop the violence.
Especially in the mixed-sect province of Diyala, grumbling among the Sahwa-supporting sheikhs may be rising.
My bet is that the oil sheikhs are safely in place for the foreseeable future.
It's mostly true - that it was the sheikhs who called for the formation of these battalions.
Earlier today, one of the brave tribal sheikhs who helped lead the revolt against al-Qaida was murdered.
Several Salafist sheikhs in Lebanon have declared jihad against the Syrian regime in response to Hezbollah's growing involvement.
Earlier today, one of the brave tribal sheikhs who helped lead the revolt against al Qaeda was murdered.
It could also follow the lead of those sheikhs and oligarchs who like to buy English football clubs.
Elsewhere they point to Anbar province, a formerly violent insurgent stronghold where Sunni sheikhs have turned on al-Qaeda.
He has heard the concerns about the sheikhs becoming a shadowy military force.
The Sufi sheikhs, or holy men, preached that a true Muslim could not tolerate the rule of foreign infidels.
Sheikh AHMED ABU RISHA (Sunni Tribal Leader): (Through translator) And they are assassinated a lot of the sheikhs at that time.
His face was grim and fixed as tribal sheikhs swirled around him.
So, we need to make sure that we live up to our side of the bargain with the sheikhs that have come forward.
He took her with him, even as a child, to business meetings all over the globe, to the bemusement of bankers and sheikhs.
That should make it harder for trigger-happy oligarchs, sheikhs and foreign celebrities to use the threat of a London lawsuit to intimidate critics.
These projections matter not only quantitatively but also qualitatively, because the Chinese gamble differently from Arab oil sheikhs, Russian oligarchs or American pensioners.
Even without mosques, the Chechens were able to go on venerating the memory of their local sheikhs and performing traditional dances and chants.
An NTC official had earlier told Reuters news agency that Col Gaddafi would be buried in a "simple" ceremony with "sheikhs attending" on Tuesday.
Over this he is seen wearing a cream-coloured bisht - a cloak worn by respected sheikhs, tribal elders and religious leaders in the Arab world.
If the Americans hand over control to them, they will be allied to their own sheikhs and it will be against the unity of Anbar.
Determined to experience as much as possible, he went out several times a week in a Marine convoy to meet tribal sheikhs and local officials.
Abu Risha and the other sheikhs have little confidence in Baghdad.
Still, some American officers are privately wary of the mercurial sheikhs.
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