Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha (Arabic: أحمد أبو ريشة) is a Sunni leader in the Al-Anbar province leading a movement of Sunni tribesmen, the Anbar Salvation Council. On September 13, 2007, his brother Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishawi was killed along with two of his bodyguards by a roadside bomb near his home in Ramadi, Anbar, Iraq.
Sheik Ahmed was selected to take over as leader of the Anbar Salvation Council by the Sheiks of Anbar province.[1] The Sheik met with President Barack Obama both before and after the 2008 Presidential Election.[2] As of November 2008, Abu Risha had a newspaper entitled Sahwat al-Iraq (Iraq's Awakening).[3]
The Iraqi Salvation Council under the leadership of Shaykh Ahmed Abu Risha has just joined the newly created the Iraqi Unity Alliance, along with over 26 political parties, the most important ones, Iraqi ConstitutionalParty with Jawad al-Boulani( Minister of Interior)Shaykh Ahmed al-Samarai, President of the Sunnis Waqf or Council, National Independent Assembly with SHaykh Omar Hechel, Saadun al-Dulaimi, a former Minister of Defense, and so many others, because the list is still open for others to join the Alliance.
| Preceded by Sheik Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishawi |
Anbar Salvation Council 2006–2007 |
Succeeded by Current incumbent |