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Journal Article - Oct 29 2009 - 5:40pm - 5 comments

... between theory and practice of life, and Fiddlers Green turning into a sports bar. Many moons ago, back when I was high speed and ... runs, Sadr City, Najaf, Kerbala, Diawaynah, Al Kut, Fallujah, Tal Afar, Ramadi, etc. etc. 3) Canada brought 20 LEO II's to ...

Journal Article - Apr 17 2010 - 7:59am - 65 comments

... of many things that occurred in support of operations in Fallujah in 2007. I am amazed at the extent of latitude and the degree of ... community. Even beginning to build a consensus means turning aside from the theory and embracing the fact that time has run out, and ...

Blog post - Jan 19 2009 - 3:26am - 42 comments - 0 attachments

... were initially unable to quell the insurgency, fighting in Fallujah against Sunni jihadists and in Najaf and Baghdad against Shia ... in preventing Kurdish aspirations for independence from turning into an irredentist movement intent on claiming southeastern Anatolia. ...

Journal Article - Jan 10 2012 - 4:48am - 7 comments

... it, that Anbar was going to "flip", with tribal leaders turning toward the government and away from extremists. Some tribal ... dramatically improved security. In Ramadi, Hit, Tikrit, Fallujah and other centers the rate of civilian deaths has dropped ... government, the current social "wave" of Sunni communities turning against AQI could provide one element in the self-sustaining security ...

Blog post - Aug 29 2007 - 2:52am - 29 comments - 0 attachments

... , No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah and The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq . ... Afghans accept what we give them without reciprocating by turning against the Taliban. The elders dont raise militias or recruits for the ...

Journal Article - Nov 1 2009 - 8:10pm - 12 comments

... buying this line. I'm sympathetic to this point. But turning 180 degrees away from the thing we both disagree with doesn't ... Anbar sheiks, and Katie Couric actually walking around Fallujah's market. Re: Is the media as instantaneous as it thinks? ...

Blog post - Aug 11 2010 - 7:19am - 21 comments - 0 attachments

... in discusing the "arbaki" concept, Dr Holt seem to imply turning our advisors into actual leaders of indigenous forces, similiar to what ... This is how we made the tribes and police cooperate around fallujah. Tribes provided ICF/auxilary police forces for their areas that were ...

Journal Article - Sep 2 2009 - 6:45pm - 21 comments

... insurgent faction, it is unmatched in savagery. I watched Fallujah descend into hell when the Marines pulled back in May of 2004. Our ... Our failure would however result in their meddling turning into much more entrenched influence. The conditions of our ...

Blog post - Jul 30 2007 - 8:10pm - 16 comments - 0 attachments

... for their conversion -- that came later. In short, the turning of the tribes against Al Qaeda-Iraq in Al Anbar came first, then the ... conventional warfighting. Battles in Karbala, An Najaf, Fallujah, Tal Afar, Mosul, Baqubah, Baghdad, and elsewhere have proven the ...

Blog post - Mar 10 2008 - 5:21pm - 12 comments - 0 attachments