Trump vs ISIS: phantom victory
Although this article looks at ISIS in Iraq primarily it does touch upon Syria. The author is Professor Paul Rogers, a British academic. He ends with:Link:https://www.opendemocracy.net/paul-rogers/trump-vs-isis-phantom-victory?any notion that ISIS has been vanquished is fanciful.
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After a big dip in activity at the end of 2018 IS picked up attacks in 3 provinces in January 2019. January security report for Iraq.
Trump angers Iraq again over comments of owning US base in Iraq and will use it to keep an eye on Iran.
My 2nd interview with author Tom Cooper This time we discussed the role of the IRGC in the Iraq and Syrian wars
Iraqi security report for first week of Feb 2019
Trump caused his latest controversy in Iraq by saying that US forces would be staying in the country to monitor Iran. US already doing that. Link to article here.
NY Review of Books article on IS continued insurgency in Iraq
Iraq Security Report 2nd wk of Feb
Book review of Toby Dodge's Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism
Iraq security report 3rd wk of February. Attacks nearly doubled from previous week.
US Inspectors General report found institutional problems with Iraqi forces and intelligence that may take decades to fix.
Iraq security report for March 2019 IS could be coming out of its winter hibernation
2 recent book reviews
Review Why Do You Kill? The Untold Story of the Iraqi Resistance - This book should go down as one of the all time worse Iraq books
http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/20...-story-of.html
Review Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency
http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/20...nsurgency.html
CNN: Iraq defeated ISIS more than a year ago. Its revival is already underway
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/05/middl...ntl/index.html
The Atlantic: What the Media Won’t Tell You About ISIS
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...t-isis/583702/
Daily Beast: On the Run From ISIS in Iraq’s ‘Bandit Country’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/on-the...try?ref=scroll
Iraq weekly security report for Mar 1-7, 2019
Iraq security report 2nd wk of March 2019 Attacks very low for second week
Charles Lister "Trump Says ISIS is Defeated Reality Says Otherwise" Politico
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Iraq security report 3rd week of March. Attacks at historic low once again.
Iraq security report 3rd week of March. This entire month has seen some of the lowest attack and casualty figures since 2003. IS had summer offensive and then has dropped off like usual during the winter.
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