Iraq 2015: nowt is simple in this conflict

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Just published new security report for 4th week of August in Iraq. Massive car bomb campaign continues. Govt offensive in Anbar gets disjointed as forces head west increasing manpower shortages. Pesh move into southern Kirkuk province. Continued back and forth fighting for Baiji in Salahaddin which IS has used as a diversionary target successfully drawing Baghdad's attention away from Anbar. Read the full report here.

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Some might be interested in this new article I just published. It's an interview with an Iraqi who worked for the security services under Saddam as a torturer. Explains how the country was victimized by Baath rule. Here's a link.