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Coalition control: provinces are relatively stable, possess functional local governments.
Sunni Insurgent control: provinces under de facto insurgent control local governments are affiliated with the Mujahideen Shura Council
Shiite militia influence: provinces under the influence of the w:Mahdi Army, w:Badr Organization or other Shiite militias local governments are infiltrated by militia groups and sympathetic to them.
Contested provinces: provinces have a significant Insurgent and/or militia presence while still maintaining some Coalition control, area’s are ethnically mixed and local governments are typically not functional
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Iraq relative zones of influence as of January 2007, Sources and documentation used to base information include but are not limited to: [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15513332/site/newsweek/ Newsweek , The Geography of War][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp