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Backgrounder: State and local governments are ramping up their own intelligence efforts, using fusion centers to funnel information.

The Sunni awakening movement and the Sons of Iraq security forces it inspired helped restore peace. Iraq’s long-term stability could hinge on keeping the movement satiated, experts say.