25 Iraq’s Hamas fighters join National Reconciliation Project in Diyala

DIYALA / IraqiNews.com: 25 members of an armed group in northwestern Iraq ’s Diyala Province have joined the National Reconciliation Project in the Province, to increase the number of armed men, who joined the project to 1,300, according to Diyala’s pro-government Sahwa (Awakening) official on Thursday.   “25 fighters of Iraq’s Hamas fighers have thrown their arms and joined the National Reconciliation Project in the Province, expressing full support for the project, to increase the total number of armed men who joined the project in Diyala to 1,300,” the Advisor of the National Reconciliation Minister, Khalid al-Luheiby, told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He added that the said fighters represented 6 armed groups, including: “Ansar al-Sunna, Iraq ’s Hamas Group, Iraq ’s 1920 Revolution, the Mujahiden Army, Salahal-Din fighers and al-Rashidin Army.”   “The National Reconciliation Committee has laid conditions to accept the joining of armed men to the Reconciliation Project, most important of which are non-involvement in murder crimes or forcing people to desert their home towns and non-accusation for personal rights,” he said.   Baaquba, the center of Diyala Province , is 57 km to the northeast of Baghdad .   SKH (IT) 492