Just put together this collaborative piece on the Kirkuk crisis. Here's a link to the piece.
Just put together this collaborative piece on the Kirkuk crisis. Here's a link to the piece.
Iraq’s security dilemma and the intractable problem of the PMF
A different commentary via Open Democracy, two authors one an academic and the other a US Army officer - both @ Queens University Belfast.
Link:https://www.opendemocracy.net/north-africa-west-asia/beverley-milton-edwards-alexander-brammer/iraq-security-mosul-coalition-US-PMF?
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Security report for 3rd wk of Oct in Iraq. Still witnessing record lows in violence. Here's a link.
PM Abadi has upped the anti vs the Kurds and is moving govt forces into Dohuk to seize control of the Kurds pipeline to Turkey. Here's link to article.
Kurdish Pres. Barzani said he would eventually step down from office which led his followers to go on a rampage in 3 cities in Kurdistan including invading KRG parliament building. Here's a link to the article.
Security report for Iraq in the 4th week of Oct. Here's a link.
Talks between Baghdad and Irbil over borders has broken down. Here's a link to the article.
Security report for Oct 2017 in Iraq. Here's a link.
Qaim freed in WAnbar. Almost all Iraqi territory now liberated from Islamic State. Here's a link.
Great history on Kurdish struggle in Iraq and how it consistently misread western intentions by Joost Hiltermann in the Atlantic. Here's a link.
My analysis of how violence declined in Iraq starting in 2014 surprisingly. Here's a link to the article.
Turkmen went on a rampage through Tuz Kharmatu and now trying to partially deny it. Here's a link.
Security report for 1st week of Nov in Iraq. Here's a link.
Calculated the casualties from the Mosul campaign. Likely over 100,000. Here's a link.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/...s_dirty_secretThe BBC has uncovered details of a secret deal that let hundreds of IS fighters and their families escape from Raqqa, under the gaze of the US and British-led coalition and Kurdish-led forces who control the city.
A convoy included some of IS’s most notorious members and – despite reassurances – dozens of foreign fighters. Some of those have spread out across Syria, even making it as far as Turkey.
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
http://i.imgur.com/IPT1uLH.jpg
Security report for 2nd wk of Nov in Iraq. Continues to witness lowest level of attacks since 2003. Here's a link.
Last town held by the Islamic State in Iraq, Rawa, freed. Huge event. Here's a link.
Updated the casualties caused by the Battle for Mosul. Here's a link.
Security report for 3rd week of Nov in Iraq. Here's a link.
Security report for Iraq for week of Nov 22-28, 2017. Here's a link.
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