Islamic Clerics Committee
The Islamic Clerics Committee is one of several grassroots leadership groups that emerged in post-war Iraq. Representing the Sunni minority in the country, the group used their leverage to secure the release of more than 20 hostages in the early months of 2004. The group became popular because of the aid convoys that they arranged to be sent into the besieged city of Fallujah.
The ICC was heavily critical of the United States' siege of Fallujah, particularly in light of the death toll among the city's residents.
