Tag Archives: Anbar

The Captives of Years

On Monday the United States officially returned all security duties for Anbar province to Iraqi police and military. The collapse of the Sunni insurgency there now appears to be almost total, with attacks having declined 90% from only two years … Continue reading

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Inside Al Qaeda’s Crisis in Iraq

A Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) member in Arab Jabour, Iraq (photo: DoD) In extraordinary documents confiscated in November by the United States, we get an enemy’s eye view of the Awakening in Iraq, and further confirmation about how debilitating the … Continue reading

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A Waziristan Awakening?

Sunni tribal leaders in Pakistan are organizing militias and some are ready to revolt against Al Qaeda. David Montero at the CSM takes a look at the risks and rewards of applying our successful counterterrorism strategy from Anbar, in Pakistan’s … Continue reading

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