Iver Gabrielsen

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	Iver Gabrielsen, is a Norwegian MA student in War Studies, King's College London with a special interests in armed conflicts in the Middle East. 

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
Why Did Violence Decline During the US “Surge” in Iraq?

  

  
  

                
 by Iver Gabrielsen 

  

  
  

                
Posted On February 4, 2013 03:30 AM | Comments(3)

  

  
  

                

	The Surge was only one piece of a broader confluence of events, critically the Shiite victory in the civil war, the formation of “Sons of Iraq” groups, the cease-fire of the Mahdi Army...