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[Zelot]

I have always viewed the AFA as more of a militia than anything else. The history of Militias is long and occurs all over the world. The first recored Militia was in the bible.

The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary citizens[1] to provide defense, emergency law enforcement, or paramilitary service, in times of emergency without being paid a regular salary or committed to a fixed term of service.

In modern Iraq, most major political groups have their own militia to defend and prosecute the interests of that political group.



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Several armed militia groups are presently active in Iraq. The [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi_Army]Mehdi Army is a sectarian armed force created by the Iraqi Shi'a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in June 2003. The Badr armed force is based in and around Karbala. The Anbar Salvation Council is a Sunni armed group in Iraq formed by members of baathist and nationalist elements to fight Al-Qaeda in Iraq. The Kurdish militia, the peshmerga, is estimated to number upwards of 50,000.The Awakening Councils or "concerned citizens" are emerging to defend their neighborhoods against insurgents of every kind, functioning as a form of vigilante "militia" similar to the model of militia in the U.S..[13

In Iraq, the government and members of the government are so beholden to many political interests, that one of the biggest problem for the new Iraqi government has been to gain enough support to disarm the militias. Which by the way, it hasn't been able to do, even though the Iraqi Constitution has declared militias illegal. This is the model I find closest to how I see Kusari, with the AFA being a Militia, backed by Samura, who has enough sway in the government to make it hard for the government to take steps against them. This leaves the AFA, as a private non-governmental para-military force.

A private, non-government force, not necessarily directly supported or sanctioned by its government.

So to your question Blunt

I think my opinion here is that if they're overcome by patriotism (which is fair), that they'd enlist in the KNF.

Why would any of the millions of solders who chose to serve in militia's rather than regular forces do that? It may be a fair question of the personal motives of a particular member, it does not de-legitimize the rp. I will also tell you most AFA members have a particular reason why they joined up with the Farmers and not the KNF.

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