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Falluja has more of an urban structure where tribes are present but are less a structuring element of the city, so it's going to be much harder to retake and keep the city under control. – Maria Fantappie	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
What we've done is we've figured out a way to reveal a lot of Borneo's secrets by exploring it in a helicopter, we're going into the Danum Valley, we're going to the Kinabatangan River and we're going to visit the Dayak tribes in areas that are not commercial and where people have seen few Westerners before. – David Jones	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The tribes could defeat ISIS. If the government came and gave us arms and said fight ISIS, they would fight ISIS, they'd finish them completely. – Abu Atwey	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I know our message resonates, with the personal relationships that I have with thousands of people among Navajo Nation and the twelve other tribes, there is no doubt that I will fracture the native vote, and if I fracture the native vote, the Democrats will not win. – Shawn Redd	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
There's no neat division of tribes. Families will back both sides to ensure they have somebody on the winning side, it makes it very hard for the Saudis to figure out who to empower with money and arms. – Adam Baron	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The liberation of Mosul will have to be done by the Iraqi army and local tribes ... the Iraqi army will come from the south and Baiji is the first stumbling block as long as Daesh (Islamic State) is lodged there. – Joost Hiltermann	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The dam and the temple of the sun here have writings carved by our old tribes, our ancestors, god willing, and with the help of the other Arabs, we will have victory and Yemen will return to being great again. – Ali Ahmed Abdullah	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's the best food in Nigeria, most tribes in my country eat this food. My country produces a lot of yams so it is easy to get for rich and poor. – Ibrahim Olamilekan on Facebook	Found on CNN 8 years ago
To this end, we are committed to eliminating barriers, such as these, which hinder The Tulalip Tribes from developing healthy economies and providing necessary governmental services on the reservation. – Assistant Attorney General John Cruden	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
United States takes seriously the federal role in protecting tribal self-government, which has United States foundation in federal statutes, treaties and regulations, to this end, we are committed to eliminating barriers, such as these, which hinder The Tulalip Tribes from developing healthy economies and providing necessary governmental services on the reservation. – Assistant Attorney General John Cruden	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
His personal ties to the tribes of the region, experience, and authority are very important to the cohesion and success of his current group. – Chris Chivvis	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The people with the political will to fight are the Sunni tribes, and we have got to ensure that our efforts are directed at helping them. – Michele Flournoy	Found on CNN 8 years ago
(We should) enable the local tribes, to enable Sunni volunteers, to arm them to take care of their own security and to be a real strong part of this popular mobilization. – Iraq Jan Kubis	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There's no doubt that, in the Sunni areas, we're going to have to ramp up not just training, but also commitment, and we. better get Sunni tribes more activated than they currently have. been. – President Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There's no doubt that, in the Sunni areas, we're going to have to ramp up not just training, but also commitment, and we better get Sunni tribes more activated than they currently have been, i think Prime Minister Abadi is sincere and committed to an inclusive Iraqi state, and I will continue to order our military to provide the Iraqi security forces all assistance that they need in order to secure their country, and I’ll provide diplomatic and economic assistance that’s necessary for them to stabilize. – President Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We're going to have to ramp up not just training, but also commitment, and we better get Sunni tribes more activated than they currently have been. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
When the government fails, people turn to Islamic State, the tribes don’t trust the government, and the government doesn’t trust the tribes. – Mohammad Abu Risha	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We from the beginning said we are supporting the loyal part of the army - the loyal tribes, the loyal popular groups to protect the legitimacy of the government to protect themselves. All of these options are on the table and we use it to give those loyals the capabilities to be able to portect themselves and civilians, if some such thing happens( a special forces operation), we can not talk about it in the media. – Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We from the beginning said we are supporting the loyal part of the army - the loyal tribes, the loyal popular groups to protect the legitimacy of the government to protect themselves. All of these options are on the table and we use it to give those loyals the capabilities to be able to protect themselves and civilians, if some such thing happens( a special forces operation), we can not talk about it in the media. – Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It’s a multi-pronged effort by ISIS to weaken the tribes, and that’s why it has been difficult until now for another strong tribal force to emerge in Anbar. – Ahmed Ali	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Now we have the U.N. declaration of the rights of indigenous peoples. This event will be a cultural interchange among the tribes and it's very important for all involved, it's not only about the games but they are also going to be showing their culture through food, through their art and they are bringing their own interpreters so that one tribe can communicate with the other. – George Hilton	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The warrior who jumps high is very strong. When they raid cows from other tribes, they can easily jump the fence and get the cows. – Mtaine David Swakei	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The bigger tribes ... feel they have the divine right to rule others, then one man from a tiny community in Ijaw comes. He's not Yoruba, Igbo, or Hausa. They can't bear it. – Mujahid Dokubo-Asari	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Most of the local population in Derna are opposed to the takeover by the Islamic State, but, with the complete absence of any central government presence, they are not in a position to do much for now. Local tribes are reluctant to move against them because people have relatives who have joined their ranks. – Noman Benotman	Found on CNN 9 years ago

Falluja has more of an urban structure where tribes are present but are less a structuring element of the city, so it's going to be much harder to retake and keep the city under control.

– Maria Fantappie

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

What we've done is we've figured out a way to reveal a lot of Borneo's secrets by exploring it in a helicopter, we're going into the Danum Valley, we're going to the Kinabatangan River and we're going to visit the Dayak tribes in areas that are not commercial and where people have seen few Westerners before.

– David Jones

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The tribes could defeat ISIS. If the government came and gave us arms and said fight ISIS, they would fight ISIS, they'd finish them completely.

– Abu Atwey

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I know our message resonates, with the personal relationships that I have with thousands of people among Navajo Nation and the twelve other tribes, there is no doubt that I will fracture the native vote, and if I fracture the native vote, the Democrats will not win.

– Shawn Redd

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There's no neat division of tribes. Families will back both sides to ensure they have somebody on the winning side, it makes it very hard for the Saudis to figure out who to empower with money and arms.

– Adam Baron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The liberation of Mosul will have to be done by the Iraqi army and local tribes ... the Iraqi army will come from the south and Baiji is the first stumbling block as long as Daesh (Islamic State) is lodged there.

– Joost Hiltermann

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The dam and the temple of the sun here have writings carved by our old tribes, our ancestors, god willing, and with the help of the other Arabs, we will have victory and Yemen will return to being great again.

– Ali Ahmed Abdullah

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's the best food in Nigeria, most tribes in my country eat this food. My country produces a lot of yams so it is easy to get for rich and poor.

– Ibrahim Olamilekan on Facebook

Found on CNN
8 years ago

To this end, we are committed to eliminating barriers, such as these, which hinder The Tulalip Tribes from developing healthy economies and providing necessary governmental services on the reservation.

– Assistant Attorney General John Cruden

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

United States takes seriously the federal role in protecting tribal self-government, which has United States foundation in federal statutes, treaties and regulations, to this end, we are committed to eliminating barriers, such as these, which hinder The Tulalip Tribes from developing healthy economies and providing necessary governmental services on the reservation.

– Assistant Attorney General John Cruden

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

His personal ties to the tribes of the region, experience, and authority are very important to the cohesion and success of his current group.

– Chris Chivvis

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The people with the political will to fight are the Sunni tribes, and we have got to ensure that our efforts are directed at helping them.

– Michele Flournoy

Found on CNN
8 years ago

(We should) enable the local tribes, to enable Sunni volunteers, to arm them to take care of their own security and to be a real strong part of this popular mobilization.

– Iraq Jan Kubis

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There's no doubt that, in the Sunni areas, we're going to have to ramp up not just training, but also commitment, and we. better get Sunni tribes more activated than they currently have. been.

– President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There's no doubt that, in the Sunni areas, we're going to have to ramp up not just training, but also commitment, and we better get Sunni tribes more activated than they currently have been, i think Prime Minister Abadi is sincere and committed to an inclusive Iraqi state, and I will continue to order our military to provide the Iraqi security forces all assistance that they need in order to secure their country, and I’ll provide diplomatic and economic assistance that’s necessary for them to stabilize.

– President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We're going to have to ramp up not just training, but also commitment, and we better get Sunni tribes more activated than they currently have been.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When the government fails, people turn to Islamic State, the tribes don’t trust the government, and the government doesn’t trust the tribes.

– Mohammad Abu Risha

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We from the beginning said we are supporting the loyal part of the army - the loyal tribes, the loyal popular groups to protect the legitimacy of the government to protect themselves. All of these options are on the table and we use it to give those loyals the capabilities to be able to portect themselves and civilians, if some such thing happens( a special forces operation), we can not talk about it in the media.

– Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We from the beginning said we are supporting the loyal part of the army - the loyal tribes, the loyal popular groups to protect the legitimacy of the government to protect themselves. All of these options are on the table and we use it to give those loyals the capabilities to be able to protect themselves and civilians, if some such thing happens( a special forces operation), we can not talk about it in the media.

– Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It’s a multi-pronged effort by ISIS to weaken the tribes, and that’s why it has been difficult until now for another strong tribal force to emerge in Anbar.

– Ahmed Ali

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Now we have the U.N. declaration of the rights of indigenous peoples. This event will be a cultural interchange among the tribes and it's very important for all involved, it's not only about the games but they are also going to be showing their culture through food, through their art and they are bringing their own interpreters so that one tribe can communicate with the other.

– George Hilton

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The warrior who jumps high is very strong. When they raid cows from other tribes, they can easily jump the fence and get the cows.

– Mtaine David Swakei

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The bigger tribes ... feel they have the divine right to rule others, then one man from a tiny community in Ijaw comes. He's not Yoruba, Igbo, or Hausa. They can't bear it.

– Mujahid Dokubo-Asari

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Most of the local population in Derna are opposed to the takeover by the Islamic State, but, with the complete absence of any central government presence, they are not in a position to do much for now. Local tribes are reluctant to move against them because people have relatives who have joined their ranks.

– Noman Benotman

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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