[...] the decision by the Babil Provincial Council reflects attempts by local authorities to try — independently of the central government in Baghdad — to rein in militant attacks in municipalities and provinces across the country battered by years of war. Earlier, some pro-government Sunni tribes have demolished houses of those they accused of cooperating with the Islamic State group after the militants' 2014 blitz captured large swaths of land in western and northern Iraq. Public anger against the government has mounted since the July 3 massive bombing in Baghdad's busy commercial area of Karradah that killed nearly 300 people and wounded hundreds. In an attempt to absorb public anger, days after the Karradah truck bombing, the government executed five militants, sentenced to death for other attacks.