Iranian Influence in Iraq PowerPoint
PowerPoint Presentation by Kimberly Kagan as part of the report, Iranian Influence in the Levant, Iraq, and Afghanistan at the American Enterprise Institute. TagsIraq ProjectIranian InfluenceIraqi...
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Iranian Influence in the Levant, Iraq, and Afghanistan
Iranian Influence in the Levant, Iraq and AfghanistanThe American Enterprise Instituteby Kimberly Kagan, Frederick W. Kagan and Danielle Pletka In a new AEI report, ISW President Kimberly Kagan,...
View ArticlePetraeus: Iran Linked to Green Zone Attack
On the morning of Sunday March 24, 2008, nearly twenty mortar s and rockets were fired at the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Baghdad. While the details of the story are still unfolding, reports are...
View ArticleThe Battle in Basra and the Backlash in Baghdad
Basra has become a haven for militia and criminal activity, especially in the wake of the British withdrawal from the city center in December 2007. Rival Shi’a militias have been engaged in a violent...
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Special Groups Regenerate
Download the PDFThe greatest threat to stability in Iraq is violence by Iranian-backed militias, known as Special Groups. As Coalition and Iraqi Forces refocused their efforts on combating such groups,...
View ArticleMap of Special Groups Activity in Iraq
Updated as of September 30, 2008, this document maps Multi-National Force-Iraq press releases on activity by and against Special Groups. The press releases are plotted by the location of the incident...
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Jaysh al-Mahdi
The Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM, جيش المهدي) militia emerged in 2003 as a security guarantor in Sadrist-dominated neighborhoods. The militia also defended Sadrist political institutions and Muqtada’s...
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Building Security Forces and Ministerial Capacity: Iraq as a Primer
Download the PDF Overview This report discusses how U.S. commanders in Iraq vastly accelerated the growth of the Iraq Security Forces as part of a broader counterinsurgency strategy to supplement the...
View ArticleJaysh al-Mahdi
The Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM, جيش المهدي) militia emerged in 2003 as a security guarantor in Sadrist-dominated neighborhoods. The militia also defended Sadrist political institutions and Muqtada’s...
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