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Link:http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/behind-revival-of-islamic-state-in-iraq.html

Joel,

Your Q3 and Craig's answer are important. I recommend SWC readers check it out in full. I...

A very short comment by Pete Mansoor via the newly discovered Hoover Institution 'Military History in the News' and he concludes:...

Joel,

Congratulations on the interview, Emma Sky for you gave far clearer answers than she did when I listened to her. I have copied your post to the Emma Sky thread.

I noted that President Obama has announced 450 additional advisers for Iraq, on the BBC:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33083359 and a bleak commentary by the BBC's Security...

After recent events in Iraq, followed by a flurry of news reporting and commentary it is difficult to ignore the criticism of US strategy, plus what is actually done "in country".

Professor John...

A British veteran of Afghanistan & Iraq has a short commentary on Al-Jazeera and he is being polite here:...

Citing BIll in part:

A SME (whose details I missed) was just on BBC Radio Four stating the Sunni tribal council in Anbar / Ramadi have today called for help from the Shia-dominated militias and...

A short piece by Jill Russell, Kings Wars Studies, on the BBC, which gives an overview and weighs up the refinery's importance:
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-32663262

A short detailed look at the role of the fraction-ridden Kurds, in both Iraq
and Syria; in particular what happened @ Mt. Sinjar and...

An optimistic analysis of how Iraqi politics have changed and what is likely after Daesh (ISIS) is defeated via...

Joel,

As a SME can I pose a question please.

Assuming for now Daesh (ISIS) remain in occupation of the territories in Iraq they hold now, how will the Kurds defend their long border?

I...

The full title is:

Code of Conduct for Fighters
The Office of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid ʿAli al-Sistani
The Holy City of Najaf February 12, 2015
Advice and Guidelines to the Fighters in the Arena...

From:http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraq-situation-report-february-7-8-2015

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9XlI51CcAERdd8.png

Money matters and in this very short CTC piece all is explained, although to date action by the coalition appears to have littel impact - leave it to the market!...

A new thread for Iraq in 2015 and obviously due to the overlap with the Syrian civil war should be read alongside the 2015 Syrian thread.

The title IMHO reflects how complicated the Iraqi civil...