tives changed as they weighed the costs involved and the expected outcomes of fighting. Peace was only achieved here when it became clear to the two parties that continued fighting was more costly and had a lower expected return than peace would. War with the Coalition imposed extravagant costs and reduced the ability to fight each other once the Coalition withdrew. All that remained were conditions to be right for credible peace to be offered.
             It was the Sunni who had the most to lose, owing to reduced capability for fighting and the high cost of obtaining outside support, and as such the first to come to terms. They found in the Coalition a receptive partner and in exchange for laying down their arms, they were freed of AQIZ, obtained jobs for their men, obtained immunity for their crimes, and saw a dramatically reduced presence of Coalition
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