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COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE

ENI-AEGIS TRIBAL OVERVIEW IN AZ-ZUBAIR AREA

INITIAL REPORT

Tribal groupings play an integral role in everyday life in Iraq and a large proportion of the

population identify themselves and their families with some form of tribal membership. Tribal

leaders are in general influential in all aspects of Iraqi life and, on occasion, exert influence over

political, paramilitary, religious and criminal matters.

The az-Zubair oilfield however area stands out from most of Iraq in two main ways

• most of the area is extremely sparsely populated and no one tribe exerts overall

influence! and,

• land ownership mainly lies with the government,

The sum of the impact of these two exceptions for the area of the az-Zubair oilfield is to reduce

the significance of tribes. In large areas of the az-Zubair oilfield there is no single tribal head

whom an outside agency could approach to begin meaningful discussions about employment,

land or compensation. This does not simplify things "as it would at first sight appear to# as the

tribal groupings still exist and they will still desire they$re %share$ of any wor&, money or other

benefit available.

'aving spo&en to several local sta&eholders and other I()s, the most efficient and effective

manner of approaching tribal &ey sta&eholder engagement in the az-Zubair oilfield area would

appear to be through the elected az-Zubair town council. In this model, the council would act as

intermediaries, coordinators and enablers. This would provide several benefits

• There is a single point of reference for requests, complaints and negotiations.

• It would tap into the council$s extensive &nowledge of tribes and personalities.

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PREAMBLE

This report has been compiled from *ecurity +iaison Team reports, interviews with

local sta&e-holders and from open and other sources. It is an initial report and should

be viewed as a wor& in progress or so-called living document.


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• It would add legitimacy to the democratically elected authorities and to the outside agency$s

intentions.

• ny unpopular decisions "and there will inevitably be some# will be seen as being at one

remove from the outside agency.

• acilitate coordination with other local agencies.

The main disadvantage would clearly be that there may be individual agendas at wor& in the

council. This however, would certainly be the case anyway were attempts to be made to

approach tribes independently. In fact each tribe would bring their own agenda to the table and

any attempt to please one would cross another and vice versa.

nnexes

(verview of Tribal *tructure.

asrah /rovince 0ain Tribes and /ersonalities.

) az Zubair (ilfield Tribes 1 /ictorial 2epresentation.



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Annex A to

APO Tribes Fsion Initi!"

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O(er(ie) o* T+e Trib!" Str,tre'

The most basic unit of Iraqi tribal structure is called the 3hams or extended family. 3hams

consist of all male children who share the same great-great grandfather. (f all the levels of tribal

organization, the 3hams remains the most vital. (nce the 3hams structure is bro&en, a tribal

society is no longer in place. In a family unit, before a woman gets married, she is a member of

her father$s tribe. If a man$s daughter marries outside the clan or tribe, he no longer has the

benefit of her or her sons, who could one day increase the clan$s strength. This explains why

marriages between first cousins in traditional tribal society are common. (ther levels of the tribal

organization consists of the following

• A biet or .+ose/ is similar to a 3hams. It can resemble a single, vast extended family

with hundreds of members. number of 4houses5 form a clan, or fa&hdh.

• A 0ro1 o* ,"!ns form an %ashira, or tribal organization. or example, in allu6a, the tribe

named for the town "i.e., the al-allu6iyyin# has 78 clans, according to Iraqi genealogical

charts from the 79:;s. Tribes can vary widely in size, ranging from a few thousand to more

than a million members.

• A 0ro1 o* tribes forms a confederation, or qabila. *addam 'ussein$s l-bu


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Annex B to


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B!sr!+ Pro(in,e M!in Tribes !n4 Person!"ities

Tribes in the city of asrah are highly complex with several tribal groupings occupying relatively

small areas or co-habiting districts. This frequently leads to disagreements between the groups

and tribal feuding. Individual families within a tribe are frequently uncontrollable by the upper

echelons of the tribe as a whole. This is a primary cause of internal feuds and alliances with

other families.

prime example is the ?eramsha tribe located in northern asrah. This tribe, due to the criminal

bent of a number of its families, is frequently awash with internal feuds and disputes! however, in

times when the tribe as a whole has been threatened, the entire tribe groups together in order to

defeat the aggressor.

asrah /rovince is predominantly populated by *hia! however, tribal confederations are &nown to

contain a mixture of *hia and *unni groupings. The *adun tribe is an extremely influential *unnitribe and historically acted as the eyes and ears for the former regime. 'owever, the

predominantly *hia, ani 0ali& confederation were also highly favoured.

The ma6or confederations within asrah /rovince are listed in the following paragraphs. @ach

confederation is briefly summarised.

The ani +am )onfederation

The ani +am )onfederation is based predominantly in 0aysan, to the north of l marah, but is

also represented in smaller numbers in aghdad, l Aurna, l 0usharra, asrah, l 0uthanna

and *audi rabia. The confederation is composed of approximately B;;,;;; members and is

one of the largest and most influential *hia )onfederations.



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P5OTO NAME TRIBE AREA OF INFLUENCE

Sheikh Sabeh EasaKaid Al Alzubadi

Bani Lam asrah )ity

Sheikh Abdul SalamAbdul Muhsin Armash

Bani Lam


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(ther asah /rovince Tribes

P5OTO NAME TRIBE AREA OF INFLUENCE

Sheikh Sabeh Easa KaidAl Alzubadi

Bani Lam Basra City

Sheikh Sheiaa Al Fleh Halluf

amal !arz"rAl Su#aid Mashara

Sheikh asim Malik Sayib Al Kaib SE Basra

Sheikh Abdul SalamAbdul Muhsin Armash

Bani Lam N"rthern Basra$

Shayikh Bashar KathimAl Lami

Bani %akibBadrah $ &asit

'r"(in)e

Sheikh Sabah Faris Musin

al Badr

Albu Salih Badrah



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Ali Niamah Kumar Al*Maksus

Maksusi Burhan Al*A#id

Abd al Hadi al Mayuf Bani Said S"utheast Basrah

Shayikh Najm Dulla Bani Lam Kandalan



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Annex C to


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A6-Zb!ir Oi"*ie"4 7 Trib!" Pi,tori!" Re1resent!tion


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